Juxtaposition

MELLOW YELLOW MONDAY

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JUXTAPOSITION 

Well I never! What do I see?

A Volkswagen covered in filigree!

A mechanical object in disguise

Right before my very eyes!

One so dainty, one that's tough;

But is the filigree strong enough?

What will happen in a storm?

What will keep the driver warm?

Will the 'lace' keep out the rain?

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A lot of loss for a little gain.

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HELP ME UNDERSTAND

(A plea from a little old lady in Australia)

Greece and Italy and Ireland have to borrow to keep afloat,

But surely all this borrowing is, still more, rocking the boat!

It's playing roulette with credit cards, juggling them about,

Hoping hard that none of them will ever catch you out.

It's robbing Peter to pay Paul and all that sort of thing;

It's playing that old 'adage' game of the roundabout and the swing.

I'm only an Aussie Granny, and quite ignorant, after all,

But it seems to me more borrowing will send you to the wall.

Those clever financial people all seem to have agreed

That further borrowing of some sort is what you badly need.

I find this quite perplexing, and horrifying too,

Because , if you go down the gurgler, I'll be following you!

'Live within your means' was something I was always taught;

'Cut your coat according to your cloth'.....another smart retort.

'Neither a borrower nor lender be' was pretty good advice.

Didn't your Mothers teach you that we have to pay the price

If we squander and we gamble and we just live for today?

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I'd be happy if someone clever made this worry go away!

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