HUMPTY DUMPTY

Boring post-lunch afternoons at office, a free internet connection; and  a craziness to read weird articles gives you poems like these. 


Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
and it wasn't a great deal at all

'cause the wall was insured and so was he,
all the king's horses and men, were thus carefree,

Humpty's status was available on-line,
'cause software engineers in India were burning their time,

the wall went live, thanks to the media,
you could edit facts on wikipedia,

"This event is charity, for the poor"
investment banks fell for the lure

bets on dumpty's balance were converted to shares,
securities and bonds and other financial wares

the "egg on the wall" was a market rage,
everyone brought a piece of him on his wage,

there were bonuses and parties everywhere
billed to the money that was never there,

a 'terrorist' threw a stone,...
there was a CRASH

'twas an age of discovery,
loans worthless, there was no recovery,

some-land, the country, went bankrupt,
in some-other-istan, the army smiled, the government corrupt,

the wall was demolished, labelled a sign of capitalist anarchy,
we will wage a war against them, declared a middle-eastern monarchy,

the news still thrived on the web,
'cause for 20000 a month, 'twas the job of Vikram Deb,

the whiteskins outraged, came to the street,
for the warring-racist-deranged government, that spelt defeat,

"no longer are our cars long, leisure prices out of range,
we audaciously vote for this new hope, we want change!"

and change he brought, trillions of dollars in coins,
it brought pieces of the economy together, like glue joins,

forget the egg, a new sunrise is here,
why talk of the wall, that was never there,

alt-ctrl-del, the minds that thought were reset,
the cash was back, investors ready to bet,

the other egg, blue-green and a little red,
teeters on the brink, and it might be gone while you're in bed

and about that crash, there won't even be a blog,
'cause the poor Vikram deb, has lost his job.