Steve Grammatico Poet Light Verse

You'Ve Got To Be Carefully Bought

You’ve got to wiggle your bum 
             Like a worm;               
You’ve got to land those big fish
             Term to term.
You need to show them
You’ll never stand firm,
So you can be carefully bought.

You deserve to be bought--
         Take your share.
All your colleagues are bought;
           It’s quite fair.
Yes, demand what’s your due; 
         Who’ll glean a clue
As long as you’re carefully bought?

You’d better grab the dough
           While you can.
You know it’s the reason you ran.
             Snag it in cash
       Mr. Government Man;
     Stash it with forethought
         Or poop hits the fan,
And your cunning might all come to naught

Now if you’re found out
      You must claim
That it’s all a political frame.
       Just brazen it out
And show no one your shame--
There’s a chance you’ll stay carefully bought.

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