backroom fatcat with the insider trades
snakeoil hypocrite turkeyneck cowboy
bluejeans and boots at the barbecue stumpspeech
revolvingdoor profiteer with the offshore accounts
superpac tribune wallstreet emissary
a suitandtie dinner mcmansion in the district
cozied up with the business lobby
regulatory capture private equity daytrader
a leveraged buyout in the halls of the republic
warmasters paymasters corporate clientele
businessmen fathers lawmakers gentlemen
the bosses they accumulate agglomerate metastasize
conglomerate accounts buybacks dividends
properties investments deals-sales-acquisitions
servicing the public is hard work you know
the money gets sucked up the poverty trickles down
to the nine-to-five wageworkers vagabonds bums
junkies beggars lunatics and lawbreakers
we scum the thieves the accursed poor
who fill up the prisons who riot in the streets
our streets they laugh as they count our money
the thing we made when we generated their value
yes we the havenots the hobos and tramps
low and bad people of questionable morals
evicted from our homes convicted in the courts
shady ne’er-do-wells rogues whores and vagrants
we the lowclass riff-raff criminals all
and it’s not-having that made us so.