(A friend suggested this be read in Gene Wilder’s voice as Willy Wonka.)

And so we have the debt ceiling
and I have a sinking feeling
that when politicians are dealing
with our economy keeling
they aren’t concerned with healing
or egos humbly kneeling
or layers of corruption peeling
or deal-sealing
or politically yielding
to stop our economy from reeling

In fact, “they” don’t seem to be concerned with “us”
at all

-Karen Molenaar Terrell