Wall Street Blues
All the bag holders
Who get stuck at the top
Are waiting in vain
For their stock to pop
In theory
Everyone wants the gain
But in reality
Tax is an emotional pain
We are taught
to buy and hold
Steady and slow
Yet we never do
what we’re told
Out of FOMO
Mr. Market is anxious
But the trend is your friend
So use other people’s money
To line your own end
About this poem
the truth about Wall Street & financial markets... play with other people's money
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Written on November 11, 2011
Submitted by Michaelmatalon on November 15, 2022
Modified on March 18, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABA CBCB XDXXDX XECE |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 360 |
Words | 78 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 6, 4 |
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