Matthew 19:23-30
The rich can be obscenely rich
The poor obscenely poor
There will always be the rich man
And the poor man at his door
I once lived in a stately home
Far from the madding crowd
Isolated seminary
A red brick living shroud
The stately homes of any land
Scream foul before the law
When poor folk live in hovels
Their lives so red and raw
Wentworth Woodhouse is obscene
With its three hundred rooms
You had to run a marathon
With bucket and with brooms
Manny Shinwell went berserk
And tried to knock it down
Now we give it subsidies
Inviting the plebs come down
Wealth is as bad as poverty
Both can lead to wrong
Pray a middle way to keep
A far far better song
Brian Fahy
16 August 2022
Erris Poetry 