<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=541811" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Banker's Prayer</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dear God, <br>Let our borrowers pay us back<br>We can take no more flack<br>We have to remain on track<br>Or face the inevitable sack<br>Governments, tax payers, citizens<br>You name them <br>They are watching us<br>With focussed eagle eyes<br>We are literally surrounded by spies</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Any whiff about a distressed asset<br>Or a loan turning toxic<br>Even if it is only an empty rumour<br>Is enough to send our stocks south ward<br>And of course provide the usual fodder <br>For dinner time conversations<br>Which continue to dwell unendingly <br>On the familiar greed narrative </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Bankers’ bonuses and compensation<br>Are believed to have been the cause <br>Of the recent financial crisis<br>Apparently we did deliberately <br>Court disaster by<br>Totally disregarding long term risk<br>Just to take home meatier pay packages<br>Dear God it this were really true<br>We would not be here now<br>Offering this fervent prayer to you</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Sandra+Martyres">Sandra Martyres</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=541811" data-title="A Banker's Prayer de Sandra Martyres" data-description="Dear God, Let our borrowers pay us back We can take no more flack We have to remain on track Or face the inevitable sack Governments, tax payers, citizens You name them They are watching us With focussed eagle eyes We are literally surrounded by..."></div> </div> </div>

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