4 january 2013

poetry

Ye Caterpillar
Ye Caterpillar

Ghostmoney

Ghostmoney-
It’ll hauntya-
But what is ghostmoney, you ask-
Ghostmoney is the dream
of the value
of the money you spent
it all long ago.
 
Ghostmoney is foreign currency
that we all use-
 
Ghostmoney is currently collected
by the customs and exorcise-
 
This chilling private-value-system
haunts vaults
vaunts and flaunts fiscal
risks, faults, fails, falls
into a Great Depression.
Haunting stark for the gaunt poor-
Ghostmoney dreams flapped
from the wings
of a mammoth Mammon mastodon.

Kahlia Mazacalletti
5 january 2013 at 14:34

Great poem, you do speak the truth about money....Kahlia

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louis gander
5 january 2013 at 18:37

Nice poem. Today's money is nothing but paper, ink and numbers.

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Ye Caterpillar
5 january 2013 at 21:49

Thanks Kahlia and Louis. Ironically, if you read this poem on a machine without adblocker on it, some of the words of the poem are themselves turned into commercials. I noticed this happening on the poemhunter site as well and wrote a poem about it, which I'll upload.

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Salvatore Ala
20 september 2013 at 17:06

I like the poem very much. I've also addressed the problem of money in a poem.

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