In the great wilderness of society
Lived a Prophit called margin
Prophit was the spiritual leader of Capitalism
at the centre of Capitalism was its holy symbol money
Prophit spent many years beating a path to men's hearts
finally in place called Wall street he set up a chapel
It was called The stock exchange
Capitalism spread wildly replacing all other religions
Stock exchanges were set up all over the world
the great gathering of money had begun
Powerful men and women came to the stock exchange to worship
Other desperate fundamentalists lied cheated and conned their way
the fundamentalists became fiscalists and dominated Capitalism
Many poor people suffered so that capitalism could exist
But they were unimportant in the scheme of things
Prophits had children all over the world and their need became insatiable
Churches called companies sprung up everywhere
and companies merged to gather strength against opposing companies
they were called Uniting companies cause they all shared a common cause
Some companies became bloated and lazy
exploiting and deceiving their workers and shareholders
the clergymen or company directors paid themselves millions of gold coins
Even in bad times they would skim of the meagre Prophits for gold
One day things started unravel as there was no more gold to distribute
Churches started to crash at the stock exchange pulpit
the teachings were still being listened to
and governments tried to bail out the churches
It was feared the collapse of these companies would increase unemployment
But downsizing and Prophit margins were already doing that
and company directors started going to jail for fooling the public
Kaos reigned and it was rumored a collapse was about to happen
It was called a recession and here we are today wondering what will come next
Maybe we should have read the warnings in the Wall Street journal
A contest entry
- Some Originality by ScrewAllOfYou.
400 points, ended November 30, 2008, 15 entries
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Please tell me what you think
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ooooh thats a contest by my ex brother
this was an interesting write.
very well written and best of luck to you
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Enjoy the wordplay and the metaphor. I'm not sure what you'd replace the current church with, but if you write a poem with suggestions, let us know
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BRAVO
This is an amazing write
!! "Chin Chin" Chente Anni Salute Cai
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Great write !
Like it was said before a fresh and original piece . Thanks for sharing.
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People are greedy and all they seem to respond to is money. I really liked your fresh take on this and it is relevant to today.
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Different and fresh ..... Nice work
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as the title of the contest said, you gave them something original, i like this poem, something like a breath of fresh air, keep it flowing and good luck in the contest
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