A national emergency the President declared today
Which frees up funds, some fifty billion
Also, bureaucratic blocks that progress meets along its way
Were shoved aside so virus testing could grow into millions
Trump had a show of CEOs of major corporations
Which, likely will get bailout funds from this emergency
The Dow Jones jumped some nine percent upon Trump’s declaration
Erasing losses, yesterday’s, Trump’s inconsistencies
Meanwhile Pelosi and Mnuchin hammered out a package
Of economical relief for those who’ll be affected
By lay-offs and a loss of pay due to their workplace stoppage
Trump said he’ll sign, yet ‘twill take time to learn whose been afflicted
All this sounds good except the fact that testing’s largely absent
Two thousand cases now are known and fifty deaths so far
The President keeps promising test kits are being sent
An exponential curve of growth; unknown how many are
Our markets o’er the last two days have seen some wild gyrations
Responding to the President as though he’s all that counts
But ultimately they are tied to economic machinations
And I predict a full recession, virus brought about
3/13/20
