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How about Larkin's Toads
Why should I let
the toad work
Squat on my
life
Can’t I use my wit as a pitchfork
And drive the brute
off?
Six days of the week it
soils
With its sickening poison –
Just for paying a few
bills!
That’s out of
proportion.
…
Ah, were I courageous
enough
To shout Stuff your
pension
But I know, all to well, that’s the
stuff
That dreams are made on
People like a God
Who is bigger than they are:
A God whose ways are
unfathomable
Shrouded in mystery
…
A God who makes their choices for
them
And justifies the choices that they
make.
People like a God
To whom they can attribute
The wealth of the wealthy
And the poverty of the poor.
A God who will ensure
That the fittest survive
And excuse the ruthless
destruction
Of the unfit.
…
That’s why they invented
Free Market Economics.
Piers Coutts
Economics & Business Studies
Department
The King's
School
Ely
Cambs
CB7
4DB
01353 653916
-----Original Message-----
From: Alison Eves [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 02 October 2003 22:22
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Subject: national poetry daySometime ago we had a thread about suitable pop songs for use in an economics/business class. With National Poetry Day fast approaching (9/10), I wondered if colleagues had any ideas for a short suitable piece of poetry with which to enter into the spirit of the day?Any suggestions gratefully received!Alison