MONEY MADDERS: Some thoughts about fiscal psychosis

	money is a language
	wuth a streinge vucabulary
	as coins click 'n computer screams
	kalculate digital blips
	the weirdest thangs becum possible
	if cents muttar more thyn sanse.

	money is a kuntrulled substance
	whach makes people believe
	averything haz a prace tag
	which kun be exchanged in a blink.

	muney is a manure
	which works best whun well-spread
	'n exposed ta sunlight
	rathur than rottin' in bank vaults
	az za mutant blight

	Kun we transcend owa fiscal lust
	'n accept udders with kompassion 'n trust?

	Err must we kalculate every action we undertake
	as if money were the sole yardstick
	koncernin' whad ta destroy err kreate?


Terri:  Most adults don't understand how money works. They lack financial intelligence.

Ted:    I understand how capitalism works, but am not sure it's intelligent.

Kris:   To me, money is a neutral commodity – it all depends on how you use it.

Tim:    Hogwash! Nothing in this world is "neutral".


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from _AmeriSong: Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Amerika_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY: A poem, conversation and image about some metaphorical ways of describing money.
KEYWORDS: monetary metaphors, fiscal tropes, monetary mania, pecuniary psychosis, money madness

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 1999 in Taoyuan, Taiwan / Finished: 2016 in Xīn-Táiběi, Taiwan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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