Street of No Return

a tribute to (or indictment of) Wall Street insanity

Street of No Return

 

Struggle’s often magnified

On the Street of No Return

All the shady congregate

To see what they can learn.

It’s not the place for weakness

Or a place to get life fixed

But a place to plot revenge for

All the madness that exists.

 

The Street is often brutal

In its semi-silent stillness,

And will never waver slightly

From its self-inflicted illness.

When streets do no more good

Than can be hoped for in one’s heart,

We avoid these streets and run

Until the madness falls apart.

 

dan © 2014

Reviews

[Jerome F Knox III pseud..]

I am a permanent resident there. I am a dangerous derelict, vicious vampire, and a monster of mayhem. I am revered and feared on these streets I am not the person you want to meet. Humm I think you saw me there, wasn't I comfortable? great rhyme and the storyline flowed naturally...

[dan]

Thank you, Rico. The streets are alive, dead end's in the river. To move up this street you gotta have some say. (qtd. from the song, "Lonely Street" by Kansas) Thank you for the read and review. I think your review may have been more poetic than my write! 8^) Keep 'em coming! take care...dan

[Jerome F Knox III pseudonym Nefarious J. Dorsey]

Lol...no Dan I was just upset you saw me in my natural habitat and write about...just kidding...

[Matching Socks]

The crash of the markets...
It was greed that ultimately led to it.
Poor underwriting practices, much too relaxed... lending money to people who were too high risk at variable rates that rocketed therefore making the loan payments unaffordable. And a bunch of other stuff...
Love this intelligent piece.

[dan]

Ana, I wasn't sure that anyone would like this; the subject matter isn't exactly scintillating. I'm no expert at finance but I know when something is not equitable, unbalanced. Thank you for your read and review, I appreciate it lots. take care...dan

[Matching Socks]

You don't need to be an expert, just fake it.
That's what those American bankers did. :)

[dan]

"tonight we're going to party like it's 1929"