Stale, Pale, Male, Fail: $NALE

We need a new rhyme to describe rich slime

Christyl Rivers, Phd.
No Crime in Rhymin’

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Photo by Chronis Yan

There needs to be a word for rich
Can’t rhyme with “bat turd,” or with “bitch
A word, in fact, that rhymes with jail
A place for many a stale, pale, male

Lest you think this rhyme is senseless
Remember that the world is sexist
Still, most men, even the white ones
Are not Nazi, foam-at-mouth, far right ones

(These men too, are exasperated
Being stale pale male is over-rated)

But if we find that special word
Describing wealth that’s so absurd
It results in men constructing rockets
With loose change found in their deep pockets

So, let’s find a word, maybe upscale?
No. That suggests class — it’s a fail
What about how a few impale us
Reserve that for vampires out to nail us

Some words suggest parasitic sell-outs
Maybe retail, or sale, or wholesale bail outs?
Imprecise. So, I’ll make this Portmanteau
Fit for big wig, fat cat, or Wall Street Bro

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Christyl Rivers, Phd.
No Crime in Rhymin’

Ecopsychologist, Writer, Farmer, Defender of reality, and Cat Castle Custodian.