In Other Words/The Costofliving

by Franklin P. Adams

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The Costofliving

 

This is the costofliving—$$

This is the retailerThat raises the costofliving.

This is the wholesalerThat soaks the retailerThat raises the costofliving.

This is the packerThat sticks the wholesalerThat soaks the retailerThat raises the costofliving.

This is the stockmanThat charges the packerThat sticks the wholesalerThat soaks the retailerThat raises the costofliving.

This is the farmerThat stings the stockmanThat charges the packerThat sticks the wholesalerThat soaks the retailerThat raises the costofliving.

This is the corn upon the farmWhose cost the farmer views with alarm;So he stings the stockmanThat charges the packerThat sticks the wholesalerThat soaks the retailerThat raises the costofliving.

This is the cow with the crumpled horn,That must be fed on the farmer’s corn—The corn the farmer grows on the farm—The corn whose cost he views with alarm:So he stings the stockmanThat charges the packerThat sticks the wholesalerThat soaks the retailersThat raises the costofliving.

This the consumer all forlornWho pays for the cow with the crumpled horn—The cow that feeds on the farmer’s cornThat grows so fine on the farmer’s farm—The corn whose cost he views with alarm:So he stings the stockmanThat charges the packerThat sticks the wholesalerThat soakes the retailerThat raises the costofliving.