Taking Stock

Autumn is a time to take stock; but it’s a word with many meanings …

Stock is ownership.
Stock is inventory.
Stock is the foundation of soup.
Stock is what we take of ourselves.

Stock is the butt of a rifle.
Stock is what we exchange.
Stock is what we take of ourselves.

Stock is cattle (when it’s livestock).
Stock is bullish when it’s up; underwater when it’s down.
Stock is the answer to the same old questions.
Stock is what we take of ourselves.

– David Perlick