staying stiff thru'out the trauma months.

stern resilience
may require haircut upon
surly upper lip.

even we get desperate.

faithful ally time
allows temporary scars
to wane to beauty

Northern Trust's spending.

wrist slappers ring-fence
tarp recipient. slippy
pockets don't fly here.

Our first day of bootcamp?

P/E's first stress test,
podgy banks stretch wearily
upon the gym tarp.

Back back back in the citi.

sir gov's control might
splice pastry conglomerate
to sequenced bake sales.

another sell-off?

cash in calloused hand,
parched indices wither, yearn
liquid ambrosia.

can we fade to black?

streaks of thin light prick
cavernous dark; hefty sums
are paid to dim torch.

is our abyss amiss

creaky alarms chime,
harsh contour of thorned iceberg
wisps thru' darkened fog.

worry lines over treasury schematics.

pulse on bank rescue;
napping canary isn't
pushing daisies yet.

a vow to repayment

purse strings are hemmed, hawed,
lips purse o'er citi's recent
freshly minted splurge

having the mettle for debate

lively thurst, parry,
as aid's thread is subtly weaved
through rescue's needle.

a week for the swiss.

hushed wait in triage,
Q4's wrath is scanned, vetted,
whisked into ER?

give back to where it once belonged.

snappy repayment
should be on cards, tarp funding's
salt on a pricked wound

more grapes.

first of cursed month,
is it hasty jettison
or clairvoyant wrath?