Beleaguered Brussels Broker

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Bonjour, 
              Banque de 
              Bruxelles...

Bonjour, 
beautiful 
Betty!

               Benjamin 
               Baker!

Barry 
back?

               Barry's 
               back—
               Bye!

Bye, 
Betty!

                              Bonjour, 
                              Ben!

Barry 
Beauchamp—
Brussels' 
best 
broker!

                              (Barry 
                               blushing)
                              Benjamin 
                              Baker—
                              Boston's 
                              best 
                              businessman!

Brokerage
balance,
Barry?

                              Been
                              better...

Been
better?
Bad?!

                              Below
                              benchmark :-(

Bygones
be
Bygones...

Bearish
bearing,
Barry?

                              Best 
                              be
                              bullish,
                              Ben!

Be
bullish!
Brokerage
best
buy?

                              Best 
                              buy?
                              Bonds!

Best 
buy 
bonds?!
"Be
bullish"
Barry?

                              Brighthouse
                              baby 
                              bonds!
                              

Brighthouse
baby
bonds?

                              BHFAL
                              Balanced,
                              beneficial
                              buy.

Baby
bonds
bad
bet,
Barry.
Best
bullish
buy,
Barry?

                              Bitcoin!

Bitcoin
bites,
Barry!
Bloomberg
broadcasted
Bitcoin's
bubble
burst.
Best
bullish
buy,
Barry?

                              Bullion 
                              bars?
                              British
                              Britainnia?

"Be
bullish,"
Barry!!
Best
BULLISH
BUY??

                              BlackRock,
                              Buffett's
                              Berkshire—
                              Better
                              believe,
                              both 
                              bullish
                              buys!

Bingo!
BlackRock,
Berkshire—
Buy
both!
BOOYAH!!

                              Bought!

Better
be
bullish,
Barry!
Bye!

                              Bientôt,
                              Ben!




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04/18/2020

Poetry form: Alliteration - This is the 7th poem in my Alliterative Alphabet Series. Each poem describes conversations between two or more people while only using words that start with or sound like the first letter of the title of the poem. I’m publishing the poems as I write them on Wattpad.com, not necessarily in alphabetical order. My goal is to write at least 26 poems to cover each letter of the alphabet. I hope you find the concept interesting, maybe even clever. Most of all I hope you enjoy them :) 

Disclaimer: This poem is fictional and does not depict any actual person or event.  The names used are ficticious and were chosen to satisfy the requirements of the poetry form.

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Michelle Faulkner

Date: 4/18/2020 7:14:00 PM

These are not easy to do, Mark (I'm especially impressed by the technical terms you incorporated) wonder if Barry got reported to the Better Business Bureau?

Mark Toney
Date: 4/18/2020 9:47:00 PM

Lol...Barry is simply a beleaguered Brussels broker, trying to make sense of the new financial frontier where former rules of thumb have become rules of dumb. Thank you, Michelle, for your thoughtful and often times humorous observations which always make my day! ~Mark