Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart, child of hype,
Grew rich by selling lifestyle passion;
She branded every likely type
Of changing fashion.
Martha loved her show, to sell
Her sense of style to every viewer;
But from tales employees tell
She's Martha Skewer.
Behind the scenes, though, Martha sighed
For IPOs and corporate raiding --
And dreamed up schemes to try to hide
Insider trading.
Martha mourned that party favors
Soups, desserts, and canapes
Were nothing to the secret savors
Of Wall Street's ways.
Martha cursed the common stocks
And eyed a dividend with loathing
She thought they fared like home-made frocks
To designer clothing.
Martha loved the Merrill Lynches,
The ones whose biggest sells and buys
Were market-making semi-cinches
For just the guys.
Martha scorned the laws that cover
Publicly traded financial transactions,
And now may have to choose a lover
From prison factions.
The Martha Stewart trial's furors
Show it's Martha Stewart's living
Which ordinary women jurors
Aren't forgiving.
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