"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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About Silverstein's Verse

 

Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971) wrote some wonderful silly verse. Here, I parody two of his better known ditties—"The Turtle" (which lives ‘twixt plated decks that practically conceal its sex..." and "The Seagull" (which aspires to be an ea-gull). By merging my refurbished versions of these two works, I end up with a critique of some of the blowhards and felons who have done so much to create today’s dour markets.

Who Do You Trust?

Analysts work at cluttered desks
And make decisions quite complex
To good stock they are much devoted
Provided their firms underwrote it.

Who do you trust?

Auditors’ jobs are such a bore
‘Cause all they do is keep the score
But when bad signals they ignore
A lot of folks can end up poor.

Who do you trust?

Lucky the economist
Whose arcane work is never dissed
The wonder is he don’t get hissed
Though ev’ry market turn he’s missed.

Who do you trust?

Hark to the Wall Street cornered felon
How gingerly old pals he’s sellin’
Long jail time for them he’s spellin’
A trade for his own troubles quellin’.

Who do you trust?
Who do you trust?

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