I am Such a Rich Man

[spoken] Dear God you made many, many losers, it's true.
So it's good that you made me maybe better even than you.
On my roof, not one, but 700 fiddlers.
And my rallies -huge! Much bigger than Hitler's!

I am such a rich man (cofeve cofeve cofeve, coo coo coo)
All day long I tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet
Cause I'm such a wealthy man.
I never have to work hard tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet twee twee
Cause I am a tweety tweety rich stable able genius penius man
I'd build a big tall mansion made of solid gold
Right in the middle of each town,
A golden roof with real golden floors below.
There would be one gold escalator going up,
and one (also gold) going down,
and golden toilets flushing, just for show.
I'd fill my bed with chicks with boobs like balloons
And maybe make a PP tape or two –
I'll check it out with Putin – he's a fan.
And all my beautiful children, Ivanka, Don and Eric,
and… the rest of the crew
Would have to say here lives a macho man.
Oy! (whatever that means)

CHORUS

I see my wife Melania looking like a rich man's wife,
With those razor sharp cheek bones,
Trying on her 17 inch heels.
I see her standing by me, even holding hands,
While I'm working several phones,
Scaring leaders into make deals.

The most important men around will come to fawn on me.
They would ask me not to kill them – just like Putin or Pol Pot -
"If you please Your Trumpness, I'm on my knees Your Trumpness,
I will give you everything I've got." (Oh yeah, tweet, tweet tweet..)
And it won't make one bit of difference that I don't know right from wrong
When you're rich you can do anything you want.
And since I am rich I do do anything I want;
Like play golf or watch Fox News all day
And maybe fudge some funds for my Southern Wall,
And I could put the screws on whoever's in my way…
That would be the sweetest thing of all.
Oy! (Jared told me what it means)

CHORUS

Lord who made the walrus and the seal
Do me a favor, though, and think about this deal:
Mar a Lago for your Heavenly Throne,
I'll even throw in Ivanka and a drone.
I could be greater than you or even…Pan
If. I. Were. A. Healthy. Man.

New Poems

• "Battle Hymn of the Republic, Indeed"
• "Ode to a Banana"
• "Moving on After 1/6"
• "Hug"
• "Map-less Monarchs"
• "I am Such a Rich Man"
• "Beatitude with Attitude"
• "The Cross and the Lynching Tree Rap"
• "The Nudist Nun"
• "Sonnet 19"
• "Reparations Now"
• "Hoping I'm Wrong"
• "Bird Feeder"
• "Pete and Henry"
• "Nero: A Rap for Republicans"
• "Croissant"
• "Mandela"
• "The New Jim Crow"
• "The Wire"
• "Why Socialism?"

From By Heart

• "Ahiti"
• "As Some Fertile Seed"
• "Greed Screed"
• "I Sing the Ass"
• "Lying Lost Among Your Arms"
• "Now Thou Art Two and Twenty"
• "Sweet Smellin Woman"
• "This World"
• "Train Wreck"
• "Truth and Parable"
• "Why This Itch This Yen"
• "You"

Some Earlier Poems

• "Al and Bob"
• "The Lonely Puddle"
• "Ode to a Bagel"
• "The Rose"
• "Sardinia"
• "When Love's Liqueur"

Audio Recordings

• "Abu Ghraib"
• "Things About Kings"