Poems of the Week

Unaccountable

by Dan Campion

“Bessent ‘Inadvertently’ Failed to Report Holdings of JPMorgan Stock
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s finances were reviewed by the inspector general after Mr. Bessent incorrectly listed at least $100,000 of the stock, which was owned by his husband, as cash.”
—The New York Times

We’d think the Treasury’s top hand
Would get his net worth right.
Apparently a hundred grand
Is just an oversight
When you’re worth seven hundred mil.
No wonder that Scott’s bets
On schools of big fish give us chills.
Mere minnows slip his nets.