SUNDAY SCRIBBLINGS
asks us to muse on the subject of Pleasure
PLEASURE!
It gave them so much pleasure
Discovering Sub-Prime!
The Bankers bloomed and blossomed
With ecstasy at the time.
They borrowed, lent and borrowed,
And the web spread far and wide.
Everyone could own a home!
Nobody was denied!
Oh the pleasure of the dealings!
The rubbing of the hands!
The syphoning of money
From other distant lands!
Then, one borrower defaulted!
The scheme had a nasty smell!
Then another and another!
Like dominoes they fell!
Does it give the bankers pleasure now,
To see their land laid low;
To see the assets dwindling
Where once they used to grow!
'Pride comes before a fall' they say.
And 'Look before you leap!'
Too late for little sayings!
The whole thing's gone too deep.
And all of us were guilty
Very guilty indeed;
What we mistook for pleasure
Was simply boundless greed.
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PERFECT COPY
(A Cinquain)
Shadow.
Branch silhouetted
Reaching, posing, displaying.
Perfect copy of perfection.
Foliage.
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