Sense Sonnet - Steamer

Modern Aesop

In the Aesop fable of old,
The Ant worked hard and lived life well.
The Grasshopper got left out cold,
For lazily loafing like hell.
But today in the welfare state,
The fable would not end the same.
More taxes would be the Ant's fate.
The successful Ant would get blame
For the Grasshopper being poor.
Politicians would make sure that
Ant gets less, Grasshopper gets more.
Aesop is now a bureaucrat.

The Ant broke, can't get welfare.
The Grasshopper thrives in Bel Air.