Karen Solie - The Celtic Tiger

That's what they called the great financial boom that hit the place
After Ireland joined the European Union's race
To be the economic marvel of the world, a spin
That soon saw Euros by the tens of billions pouring in.

But earner/dependent ratios are what marks a country's wealth,
And once the Catholic church no longer ruled, the birth rate fell;
So perhaps it's not the Euro that's made Ireland seem so regal,
But the laws of 1985, when they made Condoms legal.

Karen Solie

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-celtic-tiger/