Two Poems
Llyn Clague
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A Market Hero

Should we all clap
for Chainsaw Al Dunlap
who clearly took no crap
when he sprang the trap
that let thousands drop
into joblessness?

                                           For this Al pocketed                                            millions.

A turn-around specialist,
Al waltzed in, blitzed
the workforce and glitzed
the stock. The analysts


loved the nickname that glazed
his ruthlessness.

                                           For this Al pocketed                                            millions.

First he went to Scott
Paper and cleansed the rot
so well that Scott could not
survive: sold on the spot
it fell like a stone
into oblivion.

                                           For this he pocketed                                            millions.

Then on to Sunbeam          
where he and his team