Budget Cuts And Bill's Regrets Poem by Donal Mahoney

Bill's been seeing
a therapist for years
trying to get his life on track
but all he talks about is
his many regrets in a life
not wisely lived.
His therapist suggests
he put his regrets on a boat
and let it float away.

Bill heads for the pier and
loads the boat but it sinks.
Too heavy are Bill's regrets.
The next day hundreds of trout
are floating dead on the surface.

Taxpayers argue on shore
about the reason the lake
has become a floating wake.
The Nightly News reports
climate change killed the fish
and noted experts say
the latest budget cuts mean
more dead fish to come.
The only good news is
Bill has a new regret.