The national debt came to mind when I heard the quantity of flood waters left by Matthew. This poem is the result. I don't know how much area this water covered; just thought it was worth the analogy.
The Flooding Caused by Matthew By Franklin Price 10/10/2016 The flooding caused by Matthew If I understood the news Left large amounts of water Enough to change my views At least six trillion gallons Of flood water in it's wake A choking amount of moisture More than we should have to take Matthew caused by nature Nature did what it would do To bring this choking flooding To the likes of me and you I think there's a correlation Of this flooding to the debt Debt more than three times gallons Hard to believe and yet Debt not caused by nature But by the government of man By so many wanting everything And getting what they can Don't care where money comes from If needed will print more Will do a lot on credit So someone else can own the store Give aid back to the countries Who loaned us a little dough Pay interest on what they loaned us Charge none on what we sow Somehow, this makes no sense to me But does to congressmen who care Who can vote themselves a pay raise Of borrowed money when they dare The flood of debt is rising There is drowning in its wake Replacing congress just might help At least change who's on the take
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