Week 21

Underwriting Risk Management

I got taught, this semester
how risk management works.
Some proportional formula
estimates net worth,
overriding any risky business.
If we're worried, we shouldn't be.
We've got these consumer advocates now
lest our dues to our country's
Economic Advantage
fall short.
Quantified quality control, marketing,
and sales ensures minimal heart damage
(as if our probability of loss
in this life was other than certain)
no matter
how many greasy wings we eat.

The final exam tested
how percentage based hypotheses
hedge bets on life expectancies
for monthly rates, interest-free.
I short anawered that
Death is a collecting birdbath,
and grief sniffs a flavor of mold,
like damp summer cellars
after a weepy spring.
In college we learn
that student loan debt defers
to experience, and debtors' prison,
reinstated, is collective guilt.
Ever insufficient funds.


I still want to believe
my body is sacred,
that healers exist.
You know
we all dream the same:
that god is, that god could be
a Cupid to our Psyche
that now must be stuck, bouncing back
and forth from a rechargeable battery
and neglect case in point:
when "Dinner is served." means
we bait our own hooks
we swallow
ourselves
this midday meal.