Lehman is Shutting Loan Unit
“Lehman Is Shutting Loan Unit”
I was leafing through the Times, heading
for the sports page because I’ve become
a bit of a Yankee fan though I live in
Cincinnati, and even in Cincinnati I’m
aware of the chaos in the housing industry,
but all the exigencies and catastrophes had
eluded me until there, eye-poppingly, I read
“Lehman Is Shutting Loan Unit”!
Oh I’ve acted perfectly disgraceful when
it comes to amortization, and the date
due remains for me an approximation but
I’ve never actually defaulted on anything,
and I’m making progress, I’ve learned
debentures aren’t false teeth, oh I can’t
imagine closing an entire unit of loaning!
Lehman, we love you, keep forking over!
-- Jim Cummins
I'm especially charmed by "I've learned / debentures aren't false teeth." This poem demands to be read aloud: exigencies, catastrophes, eye-poppingly, amortization, and oh, that last line!
Posted by: Rachel | April 27, 2008 at 06:33 PM
It's lovely to laugh, Lana Turner. Wonderful!
Posted by: Meaux | May 08, 2008 at 02:29 PM