in olden times
when i was a god
worshiprs paid me annual tribute
wheat n goats n such

the flowrs wer pretty

one day
a vainglorios young man 
toppled me ovr
and sed he was a god
to be paid tributs

just 2.5 percnt is all
but then it was 5 and ten 
and thn he took the mony first 
and doled out wot was 
leftover
to his subjects

being made of cncrete
i watched
soon
he was topled
his grave as forgottn as his name

but this lesson is nevr learnt
each new man thnks he knows 
how to get ths tribut thing 
done right