Poems of the Week

Carpe Dime

by Charlie Boyes

“One by one, the leaders of seven of the country’s largest banks told skeptical House Democrats on Wednesday that a decade after the global financial crisis, the industry is financially healthier and less risky.”—The Washington Post

Austere, banks collateralize debt ere
financial gurus hazard
immiseration. Jubilance keenly leveraged.

Money naturalizes. Oligarchs
profit, queue reserves.
Secure tranches.

Use values want. Xaipe.
Yen, zen.