"Too Much" submitted by Charlene Watson

Too Much of Everything

(No author given)

“Too much oats and too much wheat, too much corn and too much heat.

Too much cotton and too much oil, too may hours we don’t toil.

Too many highways, too many cars, too many people behind the bars.

Too much poverty, too much wealth, too many people in ill health.

Too much politics, too much booze, too many wearing high-heeled shoes.

Too many loafing, too many bets, too many failing to pay their debts.

Too many living beyond their means, too many buying canned corn and beans.

Too many hiring their washing done, too many playing bridge for fun.

Too many sowing their wild oats, TOO MANY CANDIDATES OUT FOR OUR VOTES.

Too many people looking to Uncle Sam.

Too many people don’t give a damn.

Too much buying of goods on time.

Too many people don’t save a dime.

Too much ball and too much play, too many politicians on big pay.

Too many taxes, too much spent, too many folks spend every cent.

Too much reform and too much law. It’s the darndest mess you ever saw!”

    

If this doesn’t sound like last night’s news, I don’t know what does! You could almost expect the next line to read:

“Too much cheating in Wall Street markets, too many politicians lining their pockets.

Too much trading under the table, making our finances more unstable.

Too much Fanny-May and Freddie-Mac, too much corruption behind our back. 

Too many politicians with their hands outstretched waiting for handouts at our expense.

Too many taxpayers getting the shaft and left to swim without a raft.

Fire the politicians on the take! Make them pay for their mistake. Power to the people and the Constitution, bring back faith in our great nation. Bring back patriotism, honor to the flag and lift it high in jubilation. Honor our troops for service given and sacrifice made. Call a club a club and a spade a spade.

Bring back pride in the Red, White, and Blue, praising God and Country too.” Well, those are my thoughts, how about you?” – AMEN!

(If some of this doesn’t rhyme, don’t tell me because I don’t want to know. -- Charlene’s Freelance Publications, Barnard, KS.)