PYRAMID SELLING

Michael Edwards

 

PYRAMID SELLING

 

Once

Common,

now a scorned

phenomena

by which capital

without diminution

continues to grow when sold

but not at all sustainable.

Now considered an illegal scam.

It’s given title: pyramid selling.

 

 

 

 

  • Author: Michael Edwards (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 1st, 2017 00:09
  • Comment from author about the poem: It seems to be the season for etherees so here's one I've just completed.... Oh yes - and a duck I drew for a little one a few days ago,
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Comments10

  • FredPeyer

    Nice Etheree, and while sticking to form you managed to explain pyramid selling quite well!

  • Goldfinch60

    Good write cleverly done.

    Quack! Quack!

  • Fay Slimm.

    You describe this type of selling so well here Michael - - .love the duck too.

    • Michael Edwards

      Thanks Fay - could be an ode about the little fella...!

    • orchidee

      A fine writing and pic M. Did it take ya all of 9 minutes into the day?!

      • Michael Edwards

        Got up a bit later this am - now off to decorate a shop front with my paintings - car loaded and will be off in about an hour. Still enough time to catch up with comments etc.

      • Louis Gibbs

        A lovely ode to a scam, Michael. Any topic is fair game to the poet!

        • Michael Edwards

          Haven't written one on left handed strawberry picking yet - might give it a go - thanks Louis

        • WL Schuett

          Cool poem got the shape of the message ! Nice duck

        • myself and me

          Cute duck.
          A "pyramid selling" in a pyramid shape (sort of).
          A nice etheree.

        • sue.evans

          Very clever!

        • BRIAN & ANGELA

          GOOD ONE MICHAEL ~ It was lamentable while it lasted ~ lots of Middle Aged People lost a lot of MONEY ~ oddly enough in pursuit of it ! If you tweaked your Etheree it could form a Triangle ~ in Poetry as in other things ~ shape and size ~ DO MATTER ! Yours BRIAN.

          • Michael Edwards

            Yes I did think of doing a bit of tweaking but that's the trouble with trying to stick to rigid form 0 you lose out on language.

          • dusk arising

            It used to be popular u know amongst the nobility in Egypt. Nice one!

            • Michael Edwards

              Have they now deserted it? Cheers Dusk

              • dusk arising

                I sphinx the idea died on Tooting Common.

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