A Small Child Wrote a Touching Poem about the Economy

Eleven-year-old Linda Qin of Allston read the following masterwork at the America SCORES Poetry Slam last week.

Father announces at dinner that he got fired -
it was only one month after he got hired.
Bad news - mom’s boss had lowered her pay.
Then the house rent went up, and our money went down.
Things became costly all over town...
It doesn’t matter what will happen.
Everyone will stick together.
We’re content with what we have,
anytime, in any weather.

Qin's poem is one of the more inspiring treatises we've read on the current situation. Antonio Weathers, 10, of Dorchester, also participated in the slam.