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D.Lester Young
Senior Member

since 2001-12-08

Posts 1219
Austin, Tx

0 posted 2002-09-09 04:54 PM

(This is part three of possibly a five part series, it is too complex to capture that easily!)

In a position of highest regards
A civic leader of corporate America stands
But why are their two faces being drawn
One in truth and respect
The other in lies and deceit

Can this not be a distorted mirror?
Whose images are not accounted for
Distorted reflections of creative manipulations
Whose profits are magnified tenfold
In phantom images inflated to please

As the benefits of leadership triple every year
In real time inflated ego values
The manipulations of the facts
Dictate stricter compliance from dubious matters
Let the leaders come back down to earth
To explain their record keeping

In phantom trusts they have diversified
The concrete returns of stock holders
In a quicksand so porous
Anything could be lost to manipulations
Into the mansions of glory in others

In a sign of the times politicians are bought
Enjoying the luxury of this new accounting system
They bask in the inflated highlights
As the corporate leaders get needed exposure
To pull the wool over our eyes

So it seems time has run out
For these new medicine men
With monetary cure alls
For their retirement
Come from our dreams
Away from a bankrupt social security system

ADDED THOUGHT

Social security another political promise
From specialized accounting principles
That gives you less than you put in
Taxed for it at the beginning
And now being taxed at the receiving end
With a reduced income

So why cannot the workers
Given credit for taxes paid
Be exempt from one end or the other
Why the double taxation?
Or is this another way of getting more
Of the same pie

I write to open eyes and hopefully make people question things. This is the first part of regaining our countries spirit, in the pride of all its citizens. I am a troublemaker that just asks questions. Where is the harm in that within an open society? When did it become a crime to question corporate and government policies? Have we become enslaved by their power? My words shall seek an audience, which will be drowned out by those who accept things as they are. Afraid of risking change they bury their heads saying they are just one. But one is what this country is about. So one by one we must unite in a bond that make leaders respond to us as individuals not to be corrupted in inventive corporate record keeping (accounting).

D.Lester Young 9/9/2002
Tuscaloosa, AL
Copyright © D.Lester Young (White Eagle poetry)

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

1 posted 2002-09-10 04:46 AM

I don't think this style of record keeping could have been accomplished without the help of lawyers...James

the_loner_23
Member Ascendant

since 2002-06-08

Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

2 posted 2002-09-10 04:23 PM

Good poem

Cold hands means a warm heart

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