HOAX
 
  A scientist in a white lab coat ran from
the government building, ripped off her mask
and cried eureka, then was promptly arrested.
Cried eureka then was promptly arrested. "Nothing
left to cure but that boredom," she said.
  Bulging briefcases flung open as thousand
dollar suits with ten thousand dollar ties
chased after rumors, the puts, the rights, the
patents. "Get her on the phone, negotiate,
speculate." One eye on the wrist watch, the
other on the ticker tape. Buy! Risk! Sell! Panic!
  The day they found the fountain of youth, the
stock market crashed. The day they found the
fountain of youth, boys and girls stripped off
their shirts and kissed.
  Bums on benches cradled their liquor bottles,
laughing hysterically, as people pushed, fought
and fell, splashed and spilled, shot and killed
in public water fountains, now red.