Wall street bells have a happier note,
their shaking fists, hands have confidence more,
in the surrounds of New York stock exchange,
camaraderie back with hugs and pats,
can now shake gloveless hands to say congrats,
voices blare out through their coffee stained teeth,
no more suffocation, breath behind masks,
heaven’s stars have changed bringing leader astute,
countries health is restored, death bids
adieu,
vaccine has silenced the screams of deluge,
people flow on streets after fresh monsoon,
restaurant crowds enjoying freedom true,
the war is over and peace reigns again,
time to salute stars and stripes in blue!
7th placement Premier contest
Written 13/11/2020
LMILTON HANKINS
2021 USA Visionary
14 lines, free verse
Penny Lane
Penny Lane is more than just the last stop on the number 62 bus
Far removed from that of today
Where the children spit and cuss
The place tourists go to experience and kick up a fuss
Penny Lane words depict a black and white portrait of history
A branch on every scouse family tree
That which mum and dad got to see
When they were teens
Today viewing Penny Lane through the lens on a tourists bus
You sadly wont encounter any of this
It's very strange the way Liverpool changed
The old barber shop has been replaced by a supermarket chain
The banker opted for a foreign exchange
He now runs the New York stock exchange
And Freddy the fireman who kept a picture in his pocket of the queen
Apparently batted for the opposing team
He turned out such a scream
The only thing to the naked eye that appears to have stayed the same
Are the Beatles flying in the park under the cover of dark
And in typical fashion the English summer
Is still pouring rain
Its very strange
Something's never change
Here beneath Liverpool's decaying blue and red suburban sky
I was born and and shall die
God created an aura,
female, African-American,
stock investor
in the month of July.
Of the ages of twenty-one through twenty-five
she buys ten Real-time Trade Orders
of stock through The New York Stock Exchange.
She knows to execute and buy Stocks
in the ten companies
of The Stock Market.
She has Financial Quotes and Securities
in the President and CEO positions.
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