Baltimore Is Reads
Issue 4
THREE POEMS
A and B
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A GOOD SIGNA: How was the date?
B: It went pretty well.
B: Turns out this woman is a lot more negative than I first realized.
A: That’s a good sign
B: We’ll probably go out again.
A: This is the black girl?
B: No, Jewish.
A: Oh.
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THAT’S CRAZY TALK
A: Did you see that Visa did an IPO today?
A: I didn’t realize they weren’t already public.
B: I didn’t realize it was today, but I knew it was upcoming.
B: Mastercard went public only recently
A: That’s bizarre to me.
A: I’m sure that going public will mean that they’ll both become incredibly poorly run as management focuses only on the short term in a misguided attempt to keep stock prices high.
B: That’s crazy talk.
Categorised in economics
YEAH, I THINK WE’RE BOTH SCREWED ON THAT FRONT
A: I don’t know how people get to the point of running for national office, though. The path is unclear to me.
A: The only person’s trajectory I know in detail is Obama, and he’s not representative, I’m sure. Not everyone is the greatest political hope of a generation.
B: You have to win over the party.
B: Not at all sure how you do that.
B: Show an ability to raise cash.
A: Yeah, I think we’re both screwed on that front.
A: Plus with my phone-phobia, I don’t think I could do those long hours begging for money like Carcetti from the Wire.
B: Maybe you could do it via IM.
A: The younger generation would love it!
A: OMG I hate fund-raising lololol
B: roflmao!
Categorised in politics