In Honor of Bernie Madoff
In Honor of Bernie Madoff
By Elton Camp
Bernie Madoff we should look to with pride
Because he took the greedy rich for a ride
They all shut their eyes so as not to see
That the returns he promised couldn’t be
They weren’t some needy, trusting bunch
But the type that had a three-martini lunch
Who, when the scheme finally fell through,
Acted like, about the scam, they never knew
In the money they made, they took delight
But their avarice finally came back to bite
At the end, good Bernie didn’t even try
To escape what he’d done by telling a lie
“I am guilty, your honor,” is what he said
As he repentantly bowed is old, gray head
In his honor, a statue should be erected
The selfish can see it and be corrected
A petition somebody should begin to circulate
To have Bernie pardoned before it is too late
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