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The Crash of '29

The market has fallen
The world's come to an end
People are jumping out windows
Berlin is calling
Its' head in a spin
And wondering who's been painting rainbows

The souplines are stretching
Right down the street
Filled with skeletal faces
Staring down at their feet

The government's closed up shop
As it does almost at will
The banks are in a quandary
With more time to kill
While the farmers keep plowing
And running the mill in the chaos

Children are starving
And the men out of work
A nation is moving
Heaven and earth
While the souplines grow longer
And times become even worse
Still the movies are filled to the rafters

It's there up on the screen
Another new life
Clark Gable is smiling
Into the eyes of his wife
Garbo is pining
Even while the world is in strife
It's Hollywood heaven...

The market has fallen
The world's come to an end
People are jumping out windows
Berlin is calling
Its' head in a spin
And wondering who's been painting rainbows...

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  • Luna Tique Fringe
    June 24, 2008
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    Good job with this. Congrats


  • Randomly Beautiful
    June 24, 2008

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    Something about this struck me. It's different & well written.


  • Fall.Of.Rome
    June 25, 2007

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    That was fascinating. I don't think I've ever read a poem about the stock market crash. Very good work, I love the last line. Thank you and good luck