Beware of False Bottoms 0129 Initial Version

To invert Newton's norm,
‘that which slumps seldom rises'
for falls come in all forms,
several sizes, disguises.

You would weather the storm
safe from hollow surprises?
Paris Bourse outperform?
then just follow what wise is -

Portfolios reform
at no rash enterprises,
or a risky platform
could be ‘dock' or Assizes.

Ere these verses deform -
here the rhyme improvises -
this we wish to inform
as concluding surmises:

Please beware of false bottoms where lethargy bores,
this your broker advises, ‘ware counterfeit floors!

(26 March 1977)

poem by Jonathan Robin
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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