{"id":9992,"date":"2026-07-22T16:26:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=9992"},"modified":"2026-07-22T16:26:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:26:55","slug":"poem-broker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/22\/poem-broker\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Broker"},"content":{"rendered":"

This poem is about moneychangers, the investor class, and the greed built into capitalism…<\/p>\n

Broker<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

He was just
\nBroke
\nBut he was bound
\nTo more, more, more
\nGod
\nThe money
\nGod, the money, God
\nHelled in the mettle
\nPlacing his abet
\nIn a split second
\nWanting
\nThat inescapable
\nChoice
\nSum wear between
\nWinning and showing
\nSeizing the daze
\nWon after an other
\nKnot himself
\nIn the foolness of time
\nGetting win of
\nBeing broker
\nA stock trade
\nIn the end
\nRegrettable
\nAs hind cite
\nHaving
\nAccumulated
\nThat soul for him
\nA mass of junk bonds
\nAnd customarily CD
\nAs a class of ass it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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