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David and Goliath: the Stage Play

Kenneth R. Fox

They came to court: Goliath, Inc.
Their cast of sixty- one.
The plot they wrote saw David slain,
His technology they felt sure to inherit.
For twenty days the show went on
Goliath’s playwrights were quite busy:
Lawyers, lackies, witnesses, experts
Even Goliath CEO: Big Bob
Leading roles or extras, all were scripted in:
Bullshit jargon, jaunty jive,
This army of paid assassins: all whores.
Obfuscation, self- glorification,
Vehement David denigration.
How beautifying they made grand theft seem.
Their theater of fictions was sublime
Their production costs were high-- for this
Business story written as pure fiction.
With arrogance, insolence
And presumptiousness apparent
Even a court caricaturist had they,
And they even held the victory party
On the night before the verdict.

But scruples, integrity and conscience they lacked.
The judge and jury panned the show
They saw it as a tragedy,
It seemed the acting was quite grand
But the playwrights had simply lost the plot.
They found for lowly David
His patents were affirmed,
Goliath was found infringing
Big bucks they had to pay,
Big Bob was duly vanquished,
And the Goliath stockholders were not amused:
They voted with their feet.

And Goliath fell asunder.
David was justly vindicated
For his inventive prowess,
He was amply rewarded
And his caricature was stupendous.

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