When riding a tiger in the hunt <br />You learn to dismount <br />Very carefully so that <br />You don't become the tiger's lunch. <br /> <br />Such it is with Wall Street today <br />As they continue on their spendthrift way, <br />With the housing market going flat <br />The investors are discovering that <br />Other things are also inflated <br />And like a tire can be deflated. <br /> <br />Case in point (as tho one is needed) <br />Is the Blackstone founder; most greedy. <br />He stands to harvest quite a load of nuts <br />Regardless of the 'if, ands or buts.' <br />And like van Winkle rising from his nap <br />Congress is curious to what is going on about. <br />Pass a law is their answer to everything <br />In the absence of thought or reasoning. <br /> <br />Another surprise that is in store <br />Is the coming pressure on investment house's lore <br />Till now seemed to be immune from market woes <br />But alas, along comes Bear Stearns, just one of those. <br />When there is a money crunch <br />Not far behind is the lawyer bunch <br />Who will gather up the fallen nuts from the tree <br />(Haps, they'll share some of the bounty with you and me?) <br /> <br />So while the smart investor twist and turns <br />One has to ask if they'll ever learn. <br /> <br />And the tiger grows fat and lazy.<br /><br />Sidi J. Mahtrow<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-riding-tigers/
