This predatory carnivore
with talons long and sharp,
preys upon the workingman’s
stout financial heart.
Fattening on our labors
swooping for its bite,
roosting in bank and courthouse
owning every legal right.
Piercing with its penalties,
interest and income tax,
gorged with congressional power
that’s continuing to wax.
Plumed as a noble eagle
it does no work at all,
taking what it can’t deserve
from an office down the hall.
Puffed with pride for symbolizing
our great American culture,
grown fat and smug and lazy
it’s no better than a vulture.
by Robert Quinn
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