Surprisingly Easy

The Fed has decided "No Taper"

Of its purchase of fixed-income paper;

Without the renewal

Of stimulus fuel,

The economy's running on vapor. 

Says Bernanke: "It's certainly bad enough

That employment amounts didn't add enough,

Given all of our pains

To stimulate gains;

Think of what it would be if we hadn't've."

"My economists tell me, statistically,

That it's hard to project optimistically,

When the Capitol sounds -

On political grounds - 

Unlikely to stimulate fiscally."

"QE should never be cut down

With the risk of a government shutdown,

So you'll just have to wait

'Til growth may reflate

And the jobless rate's more than somewhat down."