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Fleecing the Lamb

CK Baker

The bankers are in a bind
Hiding in the shame
Of loan loss provision
And incestuous debt
Swaps and derivatives
And hobby farm bonds
All kindly gifts
(Packaged and bowed)
Emanating with a shining light
From the reclusive
And impenetrable
Sanctum on the hill

The emperor has
Lost all clothes as
Colorful delusions
Of grandeur and glut
Chlorinate deeply
Memo takers
Turn mind on
Penniless merchants
And civilian rags
Navy Jacks
And slated seniors
All left holding the bag
As hang dogs
And white elephants
And toe cutters
Mark the market

Decency in abeyance
And hope gone terribly sour
The friends of Echo Park
Loosen their grip
On hatchet and reel
Bernacke blunders
And Dimon principles
Volker rule
And Oxley
All tabled and torn
Hooked and snagged
On the waxed
And polished floors
Of Angel’s Flight

The finger test
And cross sentiment
Are all the talk
At the turn
Margins tight
And pressing
Have laggards
Scraping bottom
Pogies blunted and gaffed
Sweating like bloated pigs
As narcissists
And cartoon politicians
And super villains
Commandeer the front row

Heads of state
Are sweeping tracks
Like wiley foxes
In the hen house
Deliberate in procession
With a pocket full
Of tricks...
Acey Deucy
And 2 buck chuck
Cup and bean
And the vanishing top
Classic illusions that
Have got everyone
Spinning their heads!

Intuitive tools
And trusted hedge
All thrown out
With the bathwater
Prudence and discretion
Lost in the frenzy
And backroom scrawl
Green span exuberance
And Cramer contempt
Validated and sworn
In the conned
And pitted arrogance

The goats of show
Are plenty...
Merchants of Chaos
Rewritten in a
Perfect second script!
Who can forget:
“Johnny Buckles”
Or “The One Dom Skilling”
“Gravely” or the
“The Good Dr. Lickatees”
Prodigious ponzies
(And their twisted boards)
All throwing caution to the wind

Looks like the drafts
And rants
And accusations
Will never fade
The stone face regulators
And sleeping mannequins
Will once again masquerade
Fleecing lambs
With pitches and tales
Dancing delicately
Like the horned centaur
With his rock tumbler

The inquisition
Is approaching
And the deadpan
Is growing old...
Time to pull
The tempest
From the temple
And engage the
Front line



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