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Adapted from Dr. Seuss,

When I leave  behind an old year,
Father time says to me,
"Russ, keep your eyelids up
And see what you can see."

But when I tell him where I've been
And what I think I've seen,
He looks at me and sternly says,
"Your eyesight's much too keen.

"Stop telling such outlandish tales.
Stop turning minnows into whales.

Now, what can I say
When the ball drops tonight?

All along the way to the brink
And all the way back,
I've looked and I've looked
And I've kept careful track.
But all that I've noticed,
Except my own 401k,
Was a bear and a bull battling
In 2009 on Wall Street.

        That's nothing to tell of,
               That won't do, of course…
               Just a busted old bear
               That's that followed by a bull.

That can't be my story. That only a start.
I'll say it was a conspiracy, to let Lehmans go!
And that give a new ruler, no one can deny,
When I say that I saw it in 2009 on Wall Street.

Yes, the plot is fine.
But I think it's a shame,
Such a marvelous scheme
With such a start should end so tame.
The story would really be better to hear
If the real king I saw were a puppeteer .
Goldman, Paulson, Bernanke someone real sweet,
Rumbling like thunder down 2009 on Wall Street!

               No, it won't do at all…
               A conspiracy is too small.
               A coming revolution is better;
               They're bloody and messy and never end neat,

               And they look mighty deadly and tart
               In old 2009 on Wall Street.

                Hold on a minute!
               There's something wrong!

               A revolution, I hate the way that feels
               To pull off such a thing that ruins the Streets appeal
               Investors would be much happier, instead,
               If they could flee to gold and not trust the fed.

               Hmmmm…A revolution and gold bullion…

               Say–anyone could think of that,
               Lackey or Fred or Tim or Nigel—
               Say, even Victor could think of that.

But it isn't too late to make one little change.
something political, an ELEPHANT! Health Care, There's something that's a danger!

I'll pick one with plenty of crazy last minute provisions and size,
Compromises galor with plenty of fun mischief in their eyes.
And then, just to give him a little more tone,
Have a Prez, with truppet, perched high on a throne.

Say! That makes a story that no one can beat,
When I say that I saw it in 2009 on Wall Street.

               But now I don't know…
               It still doesn't seem right.

An elephant pulling a thing that's so light
Would whip it around in the air like a kite.

               But he'd look simply grand
               With a great big brass band!

A band, trumpets of doom, should have someone to hear it,
Global warming coming so fast it's hard to quite hear it.
I'll put in a noble committee trailer! I know they won't mind
If a man sits and listens while the world is hitched on behind.

But now is it fair? Is it fair what I've done?
I'll bet that CO2 weighs more than a ton.
That's really too heavy a load for one beast;
I'll give him some helpers. He needs two hundred countries, at least.

       But now what worries me is this..
       Wall Street runs into Bliss,|
       Unless there's something I can fix up,
       There'll be an awful inflationary mix-up!

It takes One World Regulator, Police to do the trick,
To guide them through where confusion and the air is thick —
It takes One World Police to do the trick.

They'll never crash now. They'll race at top speed

               The President himself is there
               And he thinks it is grand,
               And he raises his hat
               As they dash by the stand.

               The President himself is there
               Some chosen Senators  too,
               All waving big banners
               Of red, white and blue.

And that is a story that NO ONE can beat
When I say that I saw it in 2009 on Wall Street!

With a roar of its motor an airplane appears
And dumps out confetti while everyone cheers.

And that makes a story that's really not bad!
But it still could be better. Suppose that I add………
….A Chinese man                        An Accountant
Who eats with sticks….                Doing some tricks…|

A stait laced golfer                        No time for more,
That needs a ….                        I'm almost home.||

              I swung 'round the corner
               And dashed through the gate,
               I ran up the steps
               And I felt simply GREAT!

FOR I HAD A STORY THAT NO ONE COULD BEAT!
AND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT IN 2009 ON WALL STREET|

               But Father Time said quite calmly,
               "Just draw up your stool
               And tell me the sights
               Along the way to trading school."

There was so much to tell, I JUST COULDN'T BEGIN!
Father looked at me sharply and pulled at his chin.
He frowned at me sternly from there in his seat,
"Was there nothing to look at…no people to greet?
Did nothing excite you or make your heart beat?"
"Nothing," I said, growing red as a beet,
"But a plain beaten down bear followed by a bull in 2009 on Wall Street."


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