DOWn

I.

There once was a stock market index
whose glass ceiling needed some Windex

      under autumn skies
      IBM [you BM, we all BM -- ed.] faltered, Bush-like
      The Sun rose ten bucks

leaving investors chagrinned, ex-
bulls skinned,
noses contorted downwind

II.

Ten thousand points
of darkness occlude
stumpitches built on
bulls' shitfalls,
Alan Greenspan's Weird
Nightmare of un-un
employment and decent
wages. Some prosperity,
Al; no better time to
invest social security
in tech stocks, W.

III.

May your stocks plunge so fast that
by the time the halt triggers they've hit zero
and the Forbes 500 will look like this:

person	net worth ($)	job
Bill Gates	28	Food service
Larry Ellison	25	Food service
Paul Allen	24	Janitorial
Warren Buffet	23	Food service
Gordon Moore	22	Hauling
Philip Anschutz	22	Recycling
Steve Ballmer	21	Panhandling
The Waltons	78 (combined)	Dishwashing, Janitorial
Michael Dell	17	Lawn care

It's techin time