a painting of mcintosh street in georgia painted in the 1940's by a man, frank stanley herring. i saw this painting after i had written this next poem and after i talked to my grand mother and she mentioned this street to me. i didn't know it existed because by the time i was coming up the black business district was gone. and the past few years i think they erected a monument to it. nigger street. 1937. mcintosh street the sign reads like the apple. red but not red delicious red but like red on red eyes gravy on grit the and stop lights and green and yellow. and red like those powders and syrups kept behind the counter at blocks pharmacy. red. and red like the stripe on richard's barb bar pole and the stitches on button holes on over alls of those coming to down on saturday. solid red at the blue moon and red like the eyes of the late staying patrons on sunday mornings. and in church the red of the edge of white pages in a black bound bible coming together, closing. red as a congregation rises. [applause]. >> this references a lynching. the lynching of 2 couples in monroe, geor

frank. >> were you making calls -- i thought there was this last ditch attempt by lehman to get the koreans to buy -- >> yes. >> considering morgan stanley mitsubishi? were they close, david -- >> no. i think it was a dream. it was a dream dick fold had. >> everybody was prosecuted. they all went to jail. >> we all remember how quickly confidence can disappear. that's the lesson of bear stearns and lehman and the financial market. like that. here we are, four years later, aig is still the most amazing story. having sold off more than any other company, at $35 today. >> here's a company that graen sh trichet said it is a bankrupt company. the obligations they thought they'd never have to pay. remember that december 6th-7th analyst meeting in 2007 where they said they owe nothing? they had some pan professor saying things were great. >> what are you doing with it to generate any kind of yield? >> travelers is doing well. those days were so dark. i don't think people realize how dark -- these are days i said, listen, i want my paycheck, i want to be sure everything works. is my house going to be cut in value in half? who had's going to be l