The EU’s euro is shrinking, like a summer ice cream scoop,
The U.S. Congress keeps spending, awash in that old debt soup,
The struggling Dow and Nasdaq, can’t seem to find a floor,
And investor fears keep rising, rising, rising,
Investor fears keep rising,
As confidence goes through the floor.
The days are past when investors viewed all losers as fallen gems,
And rushed to their rescue with money, like nurturing mother hens,
Now even sound firms are nervous, and cut spending to the bone,
To avoid their own fiscal trouble,
Escape a deflated bubble,
Flee from surrounding rubble,
With consequences unknown.
The markets are shocked and shaken, there’s panic in their wake,
The equity holders are trembling, the bond investors quake,
And as global economies teeter, we’d best pray there appears,
A plausible confidence mender,
A deep pocket lender spender,
Who can calm all our white knuckle fears.
The poet can be reached at wallstreetpoet.com