There he goes
Head up
Shoulders high
Chest out
But cap in hand
The rich beggar
And there he goes
Dressed as designed
Dressed as advised
Addressed as dressed
The rich beggar
Long he walks
A gait to bait any who waits
Now he elects
Whom he has reason to reason with
…matter-of-factly
The rich beggar
Long he talks
When he tells
A story to make them worry
Sorely
The rich beggar
Sometimes he cries
To win crying eyes
From many dry eyes
Sometimes he tells lies
To wean weird sympathies
The rich beggar
Sometimes he begs
For as high as a working wage
Or as low as a pittance
Or as free as a grant
Or as nothing as a chance
The rich beggar
Oftentimes he knows
He knows their present prosperity
And their future fortune
So he solicits intensely
Intentionally
Internationally
The rich beggar
Oftentimes he prays them
“Be my partner in development”
Oftentimes he offers
He offers anything in return
Oftentimes he is ready
Ready to do their bidding
Oftentimes he proffers
“You need not bid for anything”
The rich beggar
Sometimes he claims
He came from a land faraway
A parched land of famine
A land too parched for farming
Only to look for a grand benefactor
The rich beggar
Soon he laments
How he missed the mark
The mark set by the benefactor
By a hair’s breadth
The rich beggar
Soon he pledges
How he plans to get rid of a wide deficit
In his domestic pocket
His budget
The rich beggar
Now he pleads
So benefactor is not highhanded
So he is not stranded
So he is handed out some juicy handouts
The rich beggar
Still he needs
He needs something to feed
And to keep
The rich beggar
Oftentimes he stands affixed
Lest his needs go unfixed
Oftentimes he shouts his hoarse
When grand benefactor plays ball
Always going by a name
A name for a perennial cap juggler
The rich beggar
Now he showers words
Proudly he pours tons of praise
To remind benefactor
How kind
How gracious
How blessed
The rich beggar
Then he smiles
To know his spoils from his toils
His toils were worth their while
Now he walks in same course
Because it works
The rich beggar
Next you see
He is back in a drama
Rehashed
Rehearsed
With a cap in each hand
