The Scrooges in Hard Times
By Jane Air

It is the banks
That are the scrooges
This Christmas past
Tightening the screws
On credit fast
Customers squeezed
Businesses strangled and seized
Starved of credit, entangled
In this credit crunch pain and unease
Homeowners who face repossession
Retail chains facing a tough recession
Yet these Hard Times are the hauntings
From the Spirit of Greed Past
Billions of pounds in bonuses vast
And short-term profit nets recklessly cast
Unregulated, unchecked
Bouncing to a taxpayer bail-out cheque
And now it's all hands on deck
As the shrinking sinking ship of the economy
Bound, anchored and drowning in debt
Is fast in danger of becoming
A wreck 
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