From TMV’s favorite poet, Wall Street Poet Michael Silverstein:
Asked to shepherd the young master,
Was a faithful old retainer,
His role this to shirk the limelight,
While assisting a slow learner.“See my boy through his first hard days,”
Those instructions he received.
“You’ll be rich rewarded later,
When, in time, you’ve been relieved.”Who could guess this sly factotum,
Backup guy and service render,
Had his own worldview in waiting,
Had his own full-blown agenda?So instead of prudent counsel,
He just tendered the extremes,
And because young master bought them
We must suffer his fool schemes.
©2005 Michael Silverstein