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Wall Street Poet
Michael Silverstein's
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"Nowadays, you can't turn on the TV without some talking head telling you about the economy. Yet, in a world overrun by 'analysts,' only one man has the guts, the brains, and, quite frankly, the poetry to put it all in perspective.That man is Michael Silverstein... Silverstein is a true intellectual." — Gersh Kuntzman, The New York Post
"Few people have found much to laugh about in the stock market this year. Michael Silverstein is the exception. The Bard of the Bourse can find humor in losing money, globalization and stock options." — USA Today
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A friend recently told me about a financial services company that awarded its CEO a $17 million bonus the same year he fired 17,000 employees. I found the numerical linkage here instructive. And in poetry terms, inspirational......
The CEO Fight Song
I’m a rough and ready CEO,
The bottom line’s my bible.
I know that for my firm’s performance
I’m the guy who’s liable.
So I never make excuses,
Tell a tale laced with sobs.
I just desiccate our workforce.
Meet my targets? Cut their jobs!
The work once done by three or four
Is now done by just two.
And the two who bear the burden
Don’t complain—what can they do?
‘Cause they gotta pay their mortgage,
Get a college kid through school.
They’re just happy they ain’t drowned yet
In the world’s vast labor pool.
So dole out that monster bonus,
I have earned it fair and square.
Someone gotta chop the deadwood
And take home the losers’ share.
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