Some say my thinking is awry and some say I'm not right in the head <br />Since I don't look up to old soldiers and weep at the graves of the dead <br />Since I don't look up to my so called betters since a crook is a crook that's for sure <br />The most of crooks they are quite wealthy and not many of the dishonest are poor. <br /> <br />The criminals of the poor suburbs for their crimes are bound to serve time <br />But I've not heard of many wealthy con men who have been punished for serious crime <br />'Tis true money speaks every language the wealthy can buy their way out of jail <br />The power of paper cash is powerful it seldom if ever does fail. <br /> <br />The criminals of the poor suburbs for their crimes are surely made to pay <br />But the wealthy and corrupted bureaucrats they always have things their own way <br />Who would wish to be born to poor parents and who would wish to embrace poverty <br />Yes money does speak every language at least that's how it seems to me. <br /> <br />Some say I'm a cynical person though in that I am not alone <br />Will you without sin please step forward and be the first to cast the stone <br />Will you without sin please address us you are the one we wish to hear <br />Why do we look up to war mongers those who only give to us fear? <br /> <br />Some say I'm a fringe dwelling fascist a scribbler of poor doggerel <br />And if there is a life hereafter who will I be seeing in hell? <br />No not many from the poor suburbs but many an ex millionaire <br />And they will be feeling hard done by and saying doesn't the afterlife seem unfair.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/who-would-wish-to-be-born-to-poor-parents/
