PIGS IN SOCIETY

One little piggy went to market
   and got his head beaten in with an axe
other little piggies die of natural causes
   of cancer and heart attacks

Some little piggies get married
   some little piggies get rich
while more little piggies eat scraps from the table
   and lay down to sleep in the ditch

Some little piggies are quiet and thoughtful
   they love to stare up at the stars
other little piggies drink cases of Heinekin
   and drive in them fancy sports cars

Some little piggies are timid
   some little piggies have spunk
good little piggies get high school diplomas
   bad little piggies get drunk

Some little piggies like to travel
   they'd go to the moon if they could
most little piggies like to eat at McDonalds
   cause hamburgers always taste good

Some little piggies sail yachts on the ocean
   some spend their time scrubbing the decks
a few little piggies make good secretaries
   but more little piggies like sex

Some little piggies run off from their homes
   take drugs and grow long shaggy hair
a few little piggies might die of starvation
   but other piggies don't seem to care

Some little piggies get lonesome
   when the other piggies turn them away
but a few little piggies are at peace with the world
   they don't care what other piggies say

This little piggy went to market
   just like he did in the poem
he looked at what all the other piggies were doing
   and laughed about it all the way home.


                                                    (Mike O'Brien)