[Newspoetry] Cold Turkey

[Mike Lehman]

This link should go with this Newspoem:
<http://www.bilmar.com/FSBIGFrame.html>
Very ironic under the circumstances.
Mike

Mike Lehman wrote:
> 
> But it's your mother on the cold slab
> Is her name Sara?
> World's largest packaged meats company
> Slapped on the wrist
> With a total of $200,000 in fines
> For killing 15 people
> Life is cheap
> If you are a corporate criminal
> Because you wouldn't have done the crime
> If you thought you'd do time
> Which you won't
> When the government inspectors
> Are on your side
> And not the public's
> Campaign money buys safety
> For those who poison the public
> Listeria is nasty stuff
> Easily killed by proper processing
> But sometimes that is not efficient
> It might cut into profits
> Sorry about that
> "Nobody Doesn't Like Sara Lee"
> We hear no complaints from the dead
> 
> (with thanks for the title to David Gehrig)