Where We're Headed by Michael Silverstein, the Wall Street Poet

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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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Where We're Headed

A country at war with its teachers
A country that won't spend on upkeep
A country where rants rule o'er reason.
A country where poverty grows.

Where the courts are injustice enablers
Where the congress is justly disdained
Where the president ponders then buckles
Where the press has been bought up and tamed.

Looking back there is much to proud of
Looking back many crises well met
Looking back always someone or something
Has appeared, the grand dream to reset.

This time something seems to be different
The alignments are too badly skewed
The future is rapidly darkening
As we sink in the sump that's been brewed.

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