I want to get filthy rich from writing poetry
That is impossible!
I write poems about dwarves and elves
Sometimes I write about Israel
Sometimes I worry about what will happen in the future
Meeting some nice women recently
That is all to the good!
My woman is one evil witch
Who happens to be filthy rich
But I can live with it
Less I forget
I could be back digging a ditch
At the drop of a hat, your life could change
If you win the big jackpot of ten million
You'd have all the things you've ever wished for
And every day would be bright vermillion
With money to burn the world would be yours
You'd have nothing to hold you back
You could live like a king, demand anything
There'd be absolutely nothing you'd lack
Do you think you'd be the same sweet person
Or would money change who you are
Wouldn't mind finding out to tell the truth
Think I'd find the whole thing quite bizarre
Like to think I'd remain the same person
With both feet firmly planted on the ground
But money can change a person's perspective
And your whole life can turn upside down
Sure like to know how money would affect me
Would I become this financial tycoon
It really could swing either way I imagine
Could wind up just a filthy rich baboon
© Jack Ellison 2015
Filthy rich
Filthy rich now control the poor,
Howards contracts will hurt 4 sure,
Government cleaners by the contract blest,
$200 less in their poor pay packets,
Per week im telling you,
Pick on the poor these scum will too,
A greed of hogs attack,
Morality died in days of old,
Todays scumbags would sell your soul,
No decency, in fact, the greed 4 bloody gold?
Don Johnson
Bacon-wrapped, filet mignon
Beurre Blanc, or Sabayon
caviar so delicate
on your tongue, you will not forget.
Crystal and golden spoons
Do not forget the tea at noon
for your name, an abbreviation
Do not forget the reservation.
A brand-new car in the drive
my own pool, in which I dive
all new clothes, every stitch
How satisfying to be rich.
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