Imagine owning a dog
This dog sleeps in your bed
Keeps you company
And eats in your kitchen
This dog roams free all day
Killing neighborhood cats
Stealing food from children
Harassing mail carriers
And causing car accidents
With its road-crossing antics
You might think you'd be responsible
Perhaps accountable
For this creature's behavior
As well as its consequences
But you own shares of this Fido
Through a liability shield
An arms-length entity
Whose day-to-day operations
You disclaim, as none of your business
Though of course
You own this business
Seems suspect, yes?
A structure society might
Crumble underneath,
Should the proliferation
Of childish pretensions
To gain without giving
Take without paying
Burden the nameless society
And its truly named residents
With the consequences of your property
Here we are
In such a world
In which you can own
A profitable piece of an aluminum smelter
A criminally mismanaged private prison
And a tobacco marketer
Your dividend checks will be in the mail
Without any summons
To judge you
By the effects of your investments
Roman Ryan 