In a Game of Thrones

Markets smile, deep pockets make fat pile, And when frown, fortunes come tumbling down. In play of plump coffers There’s no place for paupers— Sophomore Dumpty’s tend to crash crown, They prosper that possess wile and guile. _________________________________________ Happenings |24.12.2022| Humour, Sestet Poet’s note: It was as if only yesterday Elon Musk was crowned the king of fortunes at top of the pile. Today, his net worth has dropped by $ 135 billion. The rest of the tech tsars also watch their net worth getting depleted. India’s Gautam Adani at $110 billion has risen to third place. From almost nowhere in sight now appears Louis Vaitton to claim first place at $ 159 billion. The sestet is set in anapaest meter, and a mirror-like rhyme scheme. What we have here is just a Sestet, not a Sestina.