<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=575487" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Black Swans</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In Iceland early one morning<br>A black swan without warning<br>Made a dramatic appearance<br>An extremely rare occurrence <br>It was actually the first of a series<br>That would raise many queries<br>Unexpectedly dreams were shattered<br>With Stock Markets getting battered<br>They called it a financial holocaust<br>The result of greed and blind trust<br>In unfettered capitalist manoeuvres<br>That made fools of gullible investors<br>Write offs and bail out plans followed<br>The bankers their pride finally swallowed<br>And set about changing their strategy<br>To cope with the crisis intelligently</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But no one imagined that the Black Swan<br>Still lurking by and watching with scorn<br>Was waiting for an auspicious date<br>To announce the arrival of his mate<br>A second black swan sauntered in<br>This time with a bang and a lot of din<br>It spewed not fire works but smoke<br>Into the skies which did really choke<br>Not only Iceland but rest of Europe too<br>Flights were grounded and no one flew<br>The world watched in horror and fear<br>As the black ash blew out of the crater<br>Airports still look like a chaotic mess<br>Leaving stranded passengers in distress<br>Hopefully no baby swan will arrive with the stork <br>The adult pair having already caused enough havoc</div><div style="margin:10px 0">NB: I have extended Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Black Swan Theory to describe the recent unparalleled catastrophes that hit a small country like Iceland</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=575487" data-title="The Black Swans de Sandra Martyres" data-description="In Iceland early one morning A black swan without warning Made a dramatic appearance An extremely rare occurrence It was actually the first of a series That would raise many queries Unexpectedly dreams were shattered With Stock Markets getting ba..."></div> </div> </div>

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