Little Miss Muffet

sat on a tuffet

and wondered, "Why am I here?”

A long-legged spider

sat down beside her

and then it became quite clear

that all of her ills -

the thrills and the spills -

were the fault of Warren Buffett!

“Oh dear!” she thought,

“I really ought

to see if I can rough it!”

The spider you see

was most expertly

expounding Keynsian theory.

He gave her the essence

of his pubescence,

“Whatever will be, will be!

The market collapse -

a cyclical lapse -

means tuffets are more expensive

than ever before

the second world war . . .”

He fell quiet and rather pensive.

“Cripes!” said Miss Muffet,

“I shall just tough it

out and see what occurs!”

Wouldn’t you rather live

in a broken sieve

than swap your tuffet for hers?