Aquinas On Toast

Among big banks in the usury business
Grew a greed for lucre so strong
It changed the way that they loved.
They married their sisters
And cousins and nieces
To keep the money in store;
Changed the laws to agree.

Excused for their crimes,
During worrying times,
'Too big to fail'
They were given the bail
By the nervous borrowing throng.

Continuing singing their song,
They honed their incestuous laws-
Were brought down by madness, of course;
Bringing the throng down with 'em,
Continuing eternal rhythm.

poem by Douglas Scotney
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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