Untitled by Kerensa Anne Juniper

Untitled

by Kerensa Anne Juniper

This is the marketplace

where we exchange futures, securities

mutual commodities, and trusts...

There was one company,

a major piece in my portfolio

Suddenly, without warning

experienced a major corporate takeover.

Two corporations merged

(without my vote),

without warning

I'm no financial analyst,

but I should have seen the signals;

I was left a stockholder in the minority.

The index took a sharp nosedive;

and it left me in a depression.

Here I sit, on the trading floor

I stubbornly cling to my

few common shares that remain.

I feel tempted to sell out,

cash in what little I have left,

and liquidate all my assets.

Or perhaps, I need some more time

to let all my investments mature,

and wait for better dividends.