Bernanke's Hanky-Panky
Bernanke's hanky-panky
and economics cranky.
reduces rates for yankee,
Wall Street, once sleek and swanky,
finds bonuses asea.
Bearded wonders lanky
are sure to break the bank we
must turn towards with 'thank ye! '
for subprime loans now manky
with whose rates few agree.
Thus Freddy Mac and Fanny
Mae may be acting whacky,
Fed window back-to-backy
is looking all too tacky
bankrupting Indymacky
We'll pull out white flag hanky,
illusions sank, at sea, see
who can blind eye turn when we
are mortgaged to the Chinee?
Stagflation's crack-a-jack fee
recession may accompany.
Oil's crude crude rise defies glee
as floods drown Missisippi,
dykes down, levées leave débris
demand outstrips supplies - see
consumer sighs, price steep be,
dollar's demise is double jeopardy.
Greenback to front has tanked, free
trade turns raid, quite frankly
draws blank check drawing blank we
could do without, smells rankly.
Greenberg has said how sadly
he sees recession badly
affecting those who madly
see withdrawn guarantee.
Said burning Bush 'I ran! flee!
I wreck but little reck, me!
I rack but fear attack flea
awaiting verdict to be
dispensed by Lethe history.
Autonomy's in Cheney,
and Rove-in-I's been sacked key
official rats jump boat, knee
begin to bend with lackey,
bushwhacked by rank malarkey.
(30 April 2008 revised 23 June 2008 and 20 July 2008)
poem by Jonathan Robin
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