There is no Santa

Now this time around, it’s a new water line
To serve all the businesses standing in line
To come to our county and quench their great thirst
For James River water, but Louisa comes first.
Then later we’ll buy back the water we sent,
And raise corporate taxes to thirty percent.
“But who will believe that?” one Board member cried,
“Considering all the boondoggles we’ve tried!
Shouldn’t this be for the voters’ selection?”
“Hell no, they’ll forget it before the election.”
So now this white elephant, shiny and new
Will give us a sense of the old déjà vu.
I hope you’ll consider the past when I say,
“There’s really no Santa; we’ll all have to pay.”