WayLayed (on the bankruptcy of Enron Corp.) Pity poor Kenneth Lay, chief of Enron, Badly mismanaging his corporate con, Forcing employees to retain his stock While senior executives took lock And stock and barrel. What else should ensue, Putting the background to a closer view? You see: the company bankrolled the bid Bush made to win the White House, which undid Democracy, and rendered government The privileged wealth-maker's instrument. Meanwhile, the auditors' complicity Abetted Enron's impropriety. And so have learned Lay's former operatives The Divine Right of Chief Executives. December 2001