<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=567540" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>On Riding Tigers</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">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.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">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.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">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.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">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?) </div><div style="margin:10px 0">So while the smart investor twist and turns<br>One has to ask if they'll ever learn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the tiger grows fat and lazy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Sidi+J.+Mahtrow">Sidi J. Mahtrow</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=567540" data-title="On Riding Tigers de Sidi J. Mahtrow" data-description="When riding a tiger in the hunt You learn to dismount Very carefully so that You don't become the tiger's lunch. Such it is with Wall Street today As they continue on their spendthrift way, With the housing market going flat The investors are di..."></div> </div> </div>

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