The Next Depression
Sinking and sinking in a sickening swirl
Retail sales fall short of retailer goals
Stock prices slide, well-run businesses fold
Massive layoffs raise unemployment fears
A loose-lipped faith in endless growth has died
Replaced by loud cries for costly bailouts
Good deals lack all support, while ponzi scheme
Quickly acquire devoted followings.
Surely, the Invisible Fist is clenched
Surely, the Next Depression has begun
The Next Depression! Just the sound of these words
With their intimations of Social Upheavals
Scares me witless! all my senses tell me that
Some long neglected institution, a festering financial running sore
Is inching toward the edge, the black hole point
Where lies unreel to reveal hidden deserts.
Economic cycles rule: but all know
That after long years of smug indulgence
Our expectations became too fiercely fixed
And though still cradled in hope filled dreams,
Wake’ning soon, a beastly age will dawn.
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Cartoon by Deng Coy Miel, Singapore
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