Thursday, October 2, 2008

Atlas Shrugged




"he struggled a glug sludge
gurgled hardset threads
thrashed assault a tall slag
drugs, hash, hurst, a gel gut
arrgh dug lager shuts a shat
hut adds hustlers legs a
gagged hugger suggests a
large thug dusts salted Uts
slaughters haggard hearts
daggers a laugh as daughters
gastral lust hurts eggs, Uggs
the arts durst hurls sluts, a
dah dah trash glued stash
sleuth the sued hater, gals
slash heads, tears, slags,
a ruthless hah"


This is one of those “I told you so” moments that you feel kinda like a sucker for pointing out that you were right all along. It’s tough. Restraining yourself and all. No one likes being a dick or, more precisely, no one likes being known as a dick.

So I wanted to post the Greenspan work I did in early 2006 when the housing bubble was just a dark rumor and prices kept soaring out of control. I also want to point out that Silver Standard (Newlights Press 2006), my first chapbook, was dedicated to our laissez-faire, free market friend. Above is a piece I submitted to The Shattered Wig. There’s also a haiku for Greenspan that I have to dig up and will post after lunch.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think Greenspan shrugged, more thoroughly than anyone knew. Did he not give free houses to the poor, and UNEARNED money to the rich? While he himself is a gold bug, did he not print whatever money was needed, at whatever low rate was wanted? He granted every request politicians and bankers alike made of him. And now James Taggart and Orren Boyle are reeling in panic. Remember: Atlas Shrugged was about the TEARING DOWN of an old society. Yes, I think he did this on purpose.

Anonymous said...

I think Greenspan shrugged, more thoroughly than anyone knew. Did he not give free houses to the poor, and UNEARNED money to the rich? While he himself is a gold bug, did he not print whatever money was needed, at whatever low rate was wanted? He granted every request politicians and bankers alike made of him. And now James Taggart and Orren Boyle are reeling in panic. Remember: Atlas Shrugged was about the TEARING DOWN of an old society. Yes, I think he did this on purpose.