Who's Laughing?

(All the way to the bank)

Spread your cheeks but please don't cough
If Obama's boys back off.
Deregulation's de rigeur.
Usury: bank soupe du jour.
Acknowledge that we're being took.
Why let bad banks off the hook?
Expect the worst. Expect the shaft
From Senators, both fore and aft…
When is the last time you laughed?

Why's Citi still too big to fail?
Must Parson's greedy paws prevail?
Fees for balance transfer checks?
Bonuses for bank execs.
How much can these Shylocks blow?
Reward them with taxpayer dough?
Expect the worst. Expect the shaft.
Eric Holder's understaffed?
When is the last time you laughed?

Split Parson's Citi tout de suite.
Why let them think that they're elite?
One in ten or two in twenty –
Cognoscenti skim off plenty.
Senators who press the flesh
Help Shylocks steal a pound that's fresh.
Expect the worst. Expect the shaft:
Foreclosure or an overdraft…
When is the last time you laughed?

Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
5/15/09

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