Newer Fables

House your children in the castle,

Of an evil, chemist witch,

And feed them deadly potions

So that Daddy can get rich.

As the government paints Humpty,

On a fragile, nuclear shell,

Hand your child an empty bucket.

And quick, send him down the well.

Now, the giant corporations,

Somehow hired all the Jacks,

And the big bad wolf is building

Hoods made of alternate facts.

Its half past once upon a time ,

Ending before the beginning

Strange are the rhymes we live by,

And why are the monsters winning?

Can you tell a bedtime story

When the ending makes you cry?

So before you pluck old Mother Goose,

Softly kiss your child goodbye.