Some lunchtime light verse:
 Bailout
We handed out monies like Mardi Gras beads
To the rich unsuccessful despite their misdeeds.
Bush called it needful; Barack said it too;
We doled out the cash, ’cause that’s what we do.
Consumer, consumer, the US, you’ve doomed her–
You believed in their lies all too well.
You’ve got your big homes, your big cars, your cell [...]