Ode To Timmie Geithner Poem by Sidi Mahtrow

Don’t say “We”, unless you have a toad in your pocket
For you’ll soon find something amiss under the blanket
That you so carefully share with the toads that put us where
The financial system is challenged everwhere.

‘Twas Dodd and especially Barney Frank
That put the housing industry in the tank.
Marching to a drummer that would have all who quested
A mansion, if they only financing requested.

Freddie and Fanny opened up their arms
To the wissom boyinsh charms
Of Barnie who could not be assailed
For reasons that cannot be told.

And of course the head haunchoee (plural)
Left with a purse full of monetary rewards
Having watched over the burdegeoning mess
They quietly retired without redress.

On second thought, you have chosen the correct form,
“We” is the best to describe the apple’s worm(s) .


(In response to an article in the Wall Street Journal (op-ed, July,20 2011))