by Franklin P. adams

;There was a man in our town who had King Midas' touch
;He gave away his millions to the colleges and such
And people cried: “The hypocrite! He ought to understand
"!The ones who really need him are the children of this land
,When Andrew Croesus built a home for children who were sick
,The people said they rather thought he did it as a trick
,And writers said: “He thinks about the drooping girls and boys
"?But what about conditions with the men whom he employs
There was a man in our town who said that he would share
,His profits with his laborers, for that was only fair
?And people said: “Oh, isn't he the shrewd and foxy gent
"!It cost him next to nothing for that free advértisement
There was a man in our town who had the perfect plan
,To do away with poverty and other ills of man
,But he feared the public jeering, and the folks who would defame him
.So he never told the plan he had, and I can hardly blame him


אלה שמתקשים עם האנגלית, תנסו להתמודד. חיפשתי בשבילכם גם בעברית אבל לא מצאתי.
זה משפט שפשוט הסתובב לי בראש כל היום. 
הפואמה טובה לא פחות, עם מסר שפשוט נראה לי ממש מתאים. עדיין...
יוז'ק.