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Friday, August 12, 2011

RETURN OF THE DOW DOOMSDAY COUNTDOWN CLOCK MACHINE

by Andrew Hilbert


Its re-emergence since 2009 startled me
The red flashing square with an arrow pointed way down
A minus sign with a number too big for me to remember behind it
The newscasters with red eyes pontificated
What could it all mean?

Then
Photos of Somalia
Fleas flying around their stomachs
Dead cattle
Women drawing dirt from water holes

American business men, weary from a day of shouting
And crying and saying words with no meaning,
Come home and turn on Jeopardy.


Andrew Hilbert lives and works in San Antonio, TX. 
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