Age-Old Prophecy
This is, indeed, to be sure, bottom line,
A swapped, securitized, bundled world in which we live —
Complicated, intimately nuanced, globally fused,
So that when America sneezes,
Europe catches a cold, China and India get the flu,
African nations contract HIV/AIDS.
Who could have possibly conceived
That the United States would precipitate pandemonium
From which extrication seems more than impossible?
Having lost my 401(k), all I can say is that life goes on, I think,
For those who can still invest in the age-old prophecy
That the greedy shall hedge the earth.
11/12/08 - (2)
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