A bank has swallowed up the bank that swallowed up my bank.
It condescends to smaller banks that it will now outrank.
My checkbook must be changed again, I fear.
The branch I was beginning to hold dear
Because it’s now familiar, and so near,
Will be well merged, and quickly disappear.
And so again I hardly know which c.e.o. to thank.
A bank has swallowed up the bank that swallowed up my bank.
–Calvin Trillin
Copyright (c) 1995 Christianity Today, Inc./BOOKS AND CULTURE Review
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