Dagens dikt - Berton Braley, The profits and loss

Fick en diktsamling av den amerikanska poeten Berton Braley från Mattias Svensson när jag fyllde år häromsistens. Tänkte dela med mig av några godbitar som också liksom i sitt tema råkar sammanfalla med denna bloggs. Håll i er:

When "planned economy" first began
It looked like a swell "idee" --
Until we learned that it had no plan
And wasn't economee

For the taxes rise and the budget's shot
And the New Deal costs are met
By spending money we haven't got
For things that we never get

The billions roll in a mighty stream,
A regular tidal flood,
With the net result that each spending scheme
Bogs down in a sea of mud

When plans and programs go all to pot
Do the New Deal planners fret?
Why no, they think up a brand new lot
Of schemes to spend what we haven't got
For things we will never get!

Tack Mattias! :-)