(Greed's Comeuppance)

The Jackpot Pumpkin 

Elated with the flush of windfall compensation, 

euphoric bliss of richness' sweet kiss, 

the pumpkin burns bright into the night.

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Everybody loved the party. No expense was spared. 

The rewards were immeasurable. The risks were negligible. 

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The culprits were inculpable. All the greedy-guts got a belly full.

The heights were unfathomable.  Bulls stampeded the market.

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The bottom was bottomless. The credit was free. 

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The price went up!  

Then the morning came, and we all woke up. 

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The flippers flopped when the market dropped. 

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(Scroll Down Past Flower to Continue...)

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Greed's comeuppance has come upon us. 

The Jackpot Pumpkin is rotten. 

(Note the slugs slurping slime; Liquidation of “past it’s prime”.) 

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We've all sunk low in a sea of woe.

Someday this will all be forgotten.

(Note the slugs, sucking slime, joyful for, the rotting rind.)

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The seeds have been planted, and lie waiting for fading memory.

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Then the next season will come,

of another  

Jackpot Pumpkin. 

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