Checks and Balances
29 July 2011: "US debt crisis: Republicans abandon vote as panic grows" – The Telegraph.
When your debt has hit the ceiling
and the wheels come off your dealings
When your cheques are firing blanks
thanks to all you paid with thanks
When your balance has been checked
When fluidity is frozen
and solidity's foreclosing
When Mr Dow and Mr Jones
groan as only they know how
When all around are brinking
When it's eyeball touching eyeball
yet still neither one is blinking
When each bluff remains uncalled
When it's a dead heat to the wire
and there isn't an umpire
When we're nearly at Day D
but you're working on plan E.
When we reach the final tick
which won't be followed by a tock
When they take away your clock
When your balance is unsteady
and they're missing you already
When all that's left to say
is have a nice day
and goodbye to Triple A