The Consumer’s Turn.

The Consumer’s Turn.
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For all these years I’ve suffered, but
My turn has come at last;
They stare at me in envy from
The jails when I go past.
I may have suffered from them, but I hold no angry hate,
For vengeance comes to those of us
Who only stand and wait.

I know that, when my milkman comes
And calls for my tin pail,
He dares not look me in the eye-
He’s only out on bail.
My landlord is respectful, for
His trial will soon be:
And I may sit as juror.-Oh,
The world looks good to me!

In days of old they scorned me and
They soaked me when they could;
Through all my days of darkness I
Said nothing, but sawed wood;
They’re all of them indicted now;
The evil days are past;
The saying old is true, because
The worm has turned at last!
-J. W. Foley.