a saraband
Folks show'ring her with potpourri,
Sweet Sallie starts her odyssey
dancing up the row t'wards me -
her shining knight with glowing smile.
We say, "I do," and rush the aisle
while cleric shouts with lifted voice,
"I give you, Todd and Sarah Royce."
A hundred nights in this romance
has found my wife with looks askance.
Her first love is, of course, the dance.
I twist, I step to reappraise
this waltz through life in cabarets.
She cancans while I play the 'bone;
we move this way apart, alone.
I watch as dance technician leads.
Resolving what this mission needs,
my proposition thus proceeds
to yield divorce to Roger Band -
who grabs the chance for Sallie's hand.
And valiant knight just rides away
from Sarah Band, dance protégé...
Now Freddie Mack
And Sallie Mae
Live in a shack
Their debt obligation collateralized
Advanced state of deception
But let's keep going
Short of cash, broke
Like all the US banks
Running out of money
In this surreal free for all
Where barking dogs
And screeching cats
Testify before Congress
Watched by sane observers
On the shore
With manicured nails
And fresh pressed dresses
Who stare at us with
Glazed hard marble eyes
While they lose their homes
This exertion
Reduced us to tatters
With all the rest of the mad hatters
Who cry for government guarantees
Beg for automobile subsidies
While looking for Alice, we lost our jobs
Running from the disenfranchised mob
papers folders everywhere
social numbers
paper clips
last years folders
phone numbers
this
financial aid forms
work receipts
how many more years do I have to be
best friends
with Sallie Mae?
(and Dear God how will he ever pay back the loans?)
Little Ms.Sallie Sue wish upon
A star..
She wished her spirit could
Ride upon the wind..
She opened her eyes amidst the
Clouds…
Her heart was lighten with perfect
Perfection…
Her soul was all aglow
When her only wish had been
Granted..
Her wings were of a golden tip
As she sailed within the wind
The clouds were her refugee
The wind was her home…
The sun gave her great joy as
She rest upon the clouds..
The moon was her compass to
Guide her from place to place
The stars hung around to
Welcome her into heaven
Because her soul shined so bright
She earn the special right to call the
Wind her home..
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