Devil and Tom Walker, Poem

Once there was a man by the name of Tom Walker, Who had a wife, but lived only to mock her. They had lived together a few miles from Boston, In a forlorn-looking house that clearly didn’t cost them. Now, not only would you call this marriage bad, But the couple cheated each other for anything that could be had. Now I’ll tell you a quick story about money and its deserving, It’…

…for his wife’s disappearance. The devil finally gives in on one condition, That Tom becomes a Broker of his own financial institution. Many years pass and Tom becomes a rich man, From high interest loans and foreclosing unpaid land. Over time, Tom also becomes a good, church going Christian Like a guilty child in contradiction. But his prayers don’t help and in the end, Tom ends-up up like his money, blazing in destruction.