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“He never addressed it as infidelity. To Jordan Belfort and his men, sex with a Blue Chip was a reflex of sorts â€� a kind of spasm or procedure or 'niche-service', useful as a form of stress relief; as the girls were never regarded as fully human, there were no problems. There were, the brokers felt, certain liberties to which men of power were entitled.”
― Antonella Gambotto-Burke, Mouth

“Corruption,' Jordan Belfort believes, 'is endemic to human being. I mean, even men in monasteries - where enticement is hard to come by â€� even men in those circumstances have sex with other men and abuse children. Look at the Catholic Church! Man is an imperfect animal and he is corruptible, okay? And in finance, the liquid nature of the market makes corruption very easy. On Wall Street, this liquidity is so in your face -' he suddenly grits his teeth - 'that if you have even the slightest predisposition to the dark side, you become corrupted. In addition to which, those attracted to Wall Street have a predisposition to greed.”
― Antonella Gambotto-Burke, Mouth

“Saint Belfort’s Wood by Stewart Stafford

As I rambled through Saint Belfort’s Wood,
The Entrepreneurial Skag Lepus accosted me,
“I can get you hopped-up whether you want it or not,� he boasted,
Gesturing to a commune of defrocked Praying Mantises nearby.

They stood transfixed like Pointer dogs,
As they tried cleaning their antennae,
Failing miserably in the attempt,
Their eyes swirling cascades of hopelessness.

“You talk too much for a rabbit,� I replied,
My eyes moving over his tweed waistcoat,
“I’m a hare, actually,� he said, taking umbrage,
“Then you, sir, are a follicular f-f-falsity!� I shouted.

I turned on my heel and walked away,
“Don’t look a gift hare in the mouth!� he called after me,
“I have and only see two buck teeth!� I responded,
The hare huffed and hopped away to find another hophead.

© 2021, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford