On the Stump   because I want it more because I earned it because I built it because success demands lavish tribute because I’ve learned a thing or two because I won’t confess because great wealth aside I’m just like you because I’m humble to a fault because I’m me because I’m looking for a few good men because the prevailing tax laws do not suit me because I look the part because I say tomato and he says tomahto because God because I heart America because I don’t look gay unlike you know because my wife is prettier than his wife because frankly my dear I do give a damn because I’m legit on a stick because I once drank a beer because Truth because of the book of more money because I’m ready for my close-up Mr. DeMille because God reigneth o’er because my teeth because the shadow knows because my hair is perfect because I like to fire people because I’m for makers he’s for takers because I can buy people like you because he’s such a fake because Free Enterprise because my cup runneth over because I sold my soul because now it’s my turn (They wind him up and the sound comes out of a perfect hole.)     © Michael Fleming Brattleboro, Vermont October 2012