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29 May 2008

Market forces

(Wednesday prompt: a poem about commerce.)

Work
in order
to earn leisure

trade
that leisure
for greater wealth

or
choose otherwise
poverty as freedom

but
money's freedom
so I've heard

no
money is
in fact power

knowledge
is power
get it right

so
trade money
to buy knowledge

then
trade knowledge
for more money

why
does it
seem so circular

why
do I
smell a trap?


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5 comments:

  1. J Adamthwaite31 May 2008 at 02:07

    How true.

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  2. Rosemary Nissen-Wade31 May 2008 at 13:57

    I think there's truth in it, not sure it's The Truth.

    I was exploring the hay(na)ku form and also exploring various attitudes, some of them mine, and just following where it all led.

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  3. J Adamthwaite31 May 2008 at 17:20

    I'm not sure there are many truths that fall into the 'The Truth' bracket.

    I don't much about hay(na)ku... actually, that's an exaggeration: I don't know anything about hay(na)ku! I'll have to investigate!

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  4. Rosemary Nissen-Wade31 May 2008 at 22:18

    True! LOL.

    It's a relatively new form. You'll find lots of sites if you Google.

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  5. Pearl6 June 2008 at 03:38

    good nose.

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