Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968). The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915. |
| The Monthly Rent (From “The Game of Life”) |
By Bolton Hall |
(American lawyer and single-taxer, born 1854) |
| They sheared the lamb twelve times a year, To get some money to buy some beer; The lamb thought this was extremely queer— Poor little snow-white lamb!—OLD SONG. “GOD tempers the wind to the shorn lamb,” said the deacon. | 1 |
| “I will shut the gate of the field so as to keep him warm,” said the philanthropist. | 2 |
| “If you give me the tags of wool,” said the charity clipper, “I’ll let the poor creature have half.” | 3 |
| “The lambs we have always with us,” said the wool broker. | 4 |
| “Lambs must always be shorn,” said the business man; “hand me the shears.” | 5 |
| “We should leave him enough wool to make him a coat,” said the profit sharer. | 6 |
| “His condition is improving,” said the land owner, “for his fleece will be longer next year.” | 7 |
| “We should prohibit cutting his flesh when we shear,” said the legislator. | 8 |
| “But I intend,” said the radical, “to stop this shearing.” | 9 |
| The others united to throw him out; then they divided the wool. | 10 |
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