The Found Poetry Project

You worry about your wallet,
don’t bet everything on that.
Protect yourself yourself from bad times.

Stay busy, come early, leave late,
make life easier and profitable.
See what is out there
promising and protected,
stick to your plan.

Expansion always come,
markets recover.
Don’t rush, be wary of the economy.

Pay your debts,
kill the credit-card,
give you new cloths,
keep the balance zero.

Rebuild the home,
credit for emergencies.
Don’t be shy about holding cash.

Protect yourself,
resist panic,
stay calm,
save money,
have options.

Don’t feel guilty in the first place.

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Written by Linda Stern
Newsweek
“A Recession Handbook”, Febuary 4, 2008, pg.60

Found by Joshua E. Miller
Lincolnton, NC

You can be sure
That wherever you are
Whatever you are doing
You will be uninterrupted

Having accepted your details by internet
Would you like to confirm they are all correct
Check the list that’s below
With sortcode ending 124

This guarentee is offered by banks
At least 5 working days in advance
If an error has been made
A full refund from your branch paid

You can cancel at any time
Yours sincerely your mobile telephone line.

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Written by Orange Mobile Telephones
Confirmation of Direct Debit Letter

Found by Lori Johnson
Darlington, UK

          of tits, tri’s, legs

one huge salad / day

                                  lunges

inner thighs, dips

                        Jackknife

no muffins or bagels

                              one carby meal a week

supermans

                reverse flys

pyramid lifting

                      600-800 calories

lay down

                only water

protein shake
                      (whey)

20 lbs gone

                    no booze

soy burger, bi’s

                              back and shoulders

compact bench extensions

                                        abs

no refined sugar

                          veggies

                                        5 @80% effort

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Written by Anonymous
Found on various note cards left in the weight room
Knox College (Galesburg, IL), Spring 2005

Found by Brendan Todt
Chicago, IL

In February 2007
a protected prosecution witness gave evidence
at the trial of seven sen¬ior Bosnian Serb officers
charged with the massacre
of up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys
at Srebrenica. The witness had been a driver,
delivering food and drink to the executioners
as they lined up their victims
and sprayed them with gunfire.
And then, suddenly, the shooting stopped. A very young boy
emerged from the heap of bodies, covered in blood
and mangled flesh. He began walking
toward the gunmen, crying for his “Babo” (father).
The soldiers lowered their weapons. The commanding officer
ordered them to shoot the boy but they refused, telling him
to do it himself.
The witness intervened on behalf of the boy: “All of a sudden
he took me by the hand…I don’t want any one of you to experience that…
the grip, the grip of him on my hand, and I was amazed
at his strength.” He took the boy
to his van and put some music on,
while the gunmen
returned to their work.

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Written by Adam Lebor
The New York Times Book Review
“Justice of the Peace,” 3/26/09

Found by Carole Langille
Black Point, Nova Scotia

Hairstylist, Vidal
Sassoon is asking
twenty-million dollars
for a Los Angeles house
designed by famed
midcentury architect,
Richard Neutra.
Sassoon and his wife,
Rhonda Sassoon spent
millions renovating and
expanding the former
Singleton residence.
Sassoon, is credited
with pioneering
low-maintenance,
geometric hair cuts.

The house overlooks
Stone Canyon Reservoir,
the City, and the San
Fernando Valley.
The house has a reflecting
pond and pool. According
to Barry Sloane of Sotheby’s,
although the Sassoons held
some parties at the home,
they never moved in.

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Written by the Editors
Wall Street Journal
Real Estate Section, July 2007

Found by Joseph Dorazio
Wayne, Pennsylvania