2012 03 15


IF I'M SO SMART, WHY AIN'T I RICH?

Since it seems this is true, it's time for a switch,

For laborer's pay I could dig in a ditch,

I could enter the Army and serve out my hitch,

Or go into baseball and learn how to pitch,

I could study computers and thus fix a glitch,

Or join the police force and work as a snitch,

I could be a curmudgeon and grumble and twitch,

Or join a chautauqua selling hokum and kitsch,

I could run for the White House and call myself Mitch,

(Though I'd fear being in public not wearing a stitch),

Seems whatever I do, it won't quell this itch,

And whatever might be I just can't find a niche,

But poor man or rich, and I care not which,

I just cannot deny, Life can be a Bitch!