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    NASDAQ
    By Christopher Barnes
     

    The fledglings in the bullpen are dialing

    Mr Jacobs and Mr Ichan.
     
     

    Databases squeeze the brokers
                          
    into horseshoes of screens,
                          
    silicone brains computing.

                          

    A crunch of consortia, charm-rubbed
                          
    into nuts and bolts.

                          

    The double-dealing light
                          
    of Black Monday has gone,
                          
    Wall Streeters are ticklish.

                          

    Ballast-poised investers
                          
    anchor under blue skies.

                          

    And the bear and bull monosyllables
                          
    are slingshot across the floor.
     

                          
    "My word is my bond!"
                          
    in the pit they mouth.
                          
    And the circuit-breakers
                          
    on the exchange
                          
    plot to hitch an intrigue
                          
    helping out the big noise,
                          
    the solid gold kingpin,
                          
    the devil himself
                          
    on Capitol Hill.
     

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    CHRISTOPHER BARNES studied English Literature & History in Newcastle, England.  Chanticleer Press is publishing a first collection in the near future.  He has been published in many magazines and anthologies and won a Northern Arts Writers Award.
     

         
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