Eli Siegel

16 August 1902 - 8 November 1978 / Latvia

Heaven for the Landlord; or, Forthwith Understands

The landlord's Heaven is where
There's a constant coming in of rent
And nothing at all is spent
On any repair.

The landlord's Heaven is where
As the Heavenly clouds roll—
For him, rent increases roll
In, constantly; for there
Is no Heavenly rent control,
No Heavenly rent control—
Nothing to question the landlord's soul,
Nothing to question the landlord's soul.

What landlord ever to heaven went
Without a hope of collecting rent?—
Where the Heavenly clouds roll,
Where the rent increases roll
Into the landlord's hands
By the Great Landlord's clear commands—
Which every tenant understands:
Forthwith.
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