Once upon a time,
not all that long ago,
a baby grew in the belly of a young of woman.
As she and her family struggled
To survive the Great Depression,
the child-to-be, inside,
observed through sound and movement,
the world he would soon enter.
He listened and learned
and even came to smile at the passing charade.
Those perilous times were a harrowing preview
of the more Great Recession.
And the parallels between both historic episodes
are sure to surprise you.
A fairy tale, or real? You decide.
