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By
deb y felio
Say
say it’s a charity
a worthy foundation
for lesser kids
and their education
say it’s a donation
from the goodness of your heart
hoping opportunities
for others to impart
say it’s only you making a small start
to give back to your community
some of what’s been given to you
with impact for eternity
say it’s for complete immunity
there is no way to fail
Every child is bought a place
acceptance is in the mail
say it’s evolution on the grandest scale
admittance for the rich
the price paid for those who can
afford this crooked pitch
say anything, beware the snitch
is playing for the other team
your calls are now recorded
soon to vanquish any dream
say nothing now, you’ve gone live stream
the news has now exposed you
for the scam you did, the scum you are
look around there’s quite a queue
say you only paid what was due
to have your dear child supported
for what they couldn’t do themselves
and now it’s all been thwarted
say anything and it will be reported
into the courts imbued
with judgement and authority
to rule you completely screwed
say isn’t it strange and completely crude
how you thought this thief and liar could be trusted
to protect you in this dirty scheme
and now you all are busted!
Thanks for the Education
Dedicated to William Singer and the parents, coaches, university administrators, admissions personnel, physicians, ACT testing centers, administrators and proctors, Georgetown, YALE, USC, Stanford, UCLA, University of Texas – Austin, WakeForest, University of San Diego.
Thank you very much!
Thank you for denigrating and casting doubt on the legitimate efforts and accomplishments of every student who entered university life honestly and by their own hard work.
Thank you for proving how far you will go to destroy fair playing fields.
Thank you for modeling another level of entitlement and corruption for your fans, your children, your students, your families, and your supporters.
Thank you for once again promoting athleticism in any form – even imaginary – as an elevated position.
Thank you for reminding any who had forgotten, the elevated level of corruption in athletics.
Thank you for showing in so many ways how a big name, big success and big reputations have so little to do with honesty, integrity and anything your PR might say you stand for.
Thank you for so carefully constructing a public persona to hide your personal deprivations and selfish pursuits.
Thank you for creating and propagating another generation of those believing there can always be someone to “fix it” when the effort required just couldn’t be achieved due to other indulgences requiring time and attention.
Thank you for creating another generation of poorly attached children who will seek self serving relationships, substance use and abuse or illegal activities such as college administration or coaching to provide some needed remedy for the holes left by the absence of meaningful self actualization and competency.
Thank you for showing these children your lack of belief that they were innately worthy.
Thank you for your obvious doubting their ability to compete and succeed at whatever level they found themselves.
Thank you for showing you never outgrow your own insecurities, and achievement doesn’t replace the lack of a moral compass.
Thank you for perpetrating the belief in a false self as the only acceptable self.
Thank you for disguising money laundering as charity funds and participating in racketeering, thus identifying yourselves as the real criminals you are.
Thank you for doing so much for the next generation.
May your future years be spent in an entirely different gated community.
With thanks,
The other 99%
deb y felio
deb y felio is a witness poet and essayist living in Boulder CO, USA. She recently retired as a child and family therapist. After years of helping others find their voices and tell their stories for healing, she is now finding hers and using it to create commentary on historic and current events. Her work can be found in many online literary journals.