The FSPC and the Fuzzy Tree

Reprinted from News Lite, an occasional edition of the Dallas Fed's employee newsletter. The FSPC is the Financial Services Policy Committee within the Federal Reserve System. Shortly after Mr. McTeer wrote this poem, he was appointed to the committee.

Is it the highest honor to be
A good-standing member of the FSPC?

Or would you aspire
To something higher?

But what could be higher than the FSPC?
Especially if you're a First VP.

It would also be swell
To be a member of the
Committee on Personnel.

A master of the universe I wanted to be
That was important to me.

But I've lowered my sights somewhat
Since I've aged, and gone to pot.

Recently I have read
That we are all born and bred
With the instincts of our forefathers.

Somewhere in our biological past
We will find the key to vast
Insights about our sons and daughters.

But if it is really true
That nothing is truly new
Then what's all this about the FSPC?

If our current ideology
Is found in our biology

I would think our ambition would be
To spend more time on a fuzzy tree.

Like Elvis.