In 1975 Dr. Seuss wrote a verse for the New York Times entitled The Economic Situation Clarified: A prognostic re-evaluation.

“As our graph shows. Trends are trending.

This is good. Yet, nevertheless,

the destination of the trendings

is not simple to assess.

As of now, the Uppers are upping

and the Downers are droobling down

excepting on alternate Thursdays

when it works the other way round.

And there occasionally are occasions

when some Upper comes a cropper

and bottoms out at the bottom.

Then…

some Bottomer is the Topper.

Consequently, on the other hand,

I believe this can be said:

you’ll be wise if you step gently

whilst you tread on your neighbor’s head.”

A footnote at the bottom of the verse reads:

“Dr. Seuss — whose grown-up name is Theodor Seuss Geisel — says it has been 17 years since he last addressed himself to adults, and does so now because he is “plain worried about the economy.”

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