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Thursday, April 19, 2012

The World's 40 Richest Now Combined

The World’s 40 Richest

Now Combined and Worth

More Than a Trillion

Screams today’s Yahoo! News headline

At least as tabulated by the

Bloomberg Billionaire Index


And believe me

Mike ought to know

He’s very good

At keeping track of

Such things


And I’m further sure

You’ll be happy to hear

That Prince Alwaleed

Has just joined the Index


There’s no secret to success

The Prince is quoted

As saying in an email sent

From his Arabian tent

Or perhaps from his chalet

High atop the Alps

It is based on a sound investment strategy

Commitment and long-term vision


The very principles

I should note

On which

I have based this

Hugely successful

Collection of free verse


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Click here if you care to read the original news story on which this poem is based, written shortly after the story was published by Yahoo! News on April 19th.

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