#H – (currency)

The Ether Stream by Rodney Matthews

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        Day 47.

Have you ever stopped to think
How money grows on trees ?
How ev’ryone accepts these leaves with ease ?
So what’s the link ?
It’s only just occurred to me,
That these are not some coins we’ve found –
They’re just a snack we share around
With ev’ryone, for free.
I think that how we pay
Is then with our company and tales –
As trav’lers from the solar sails,
Just passing through this way.
So we’re richer if we’re extroverts,
And beggars if we’re shy.
But let’s take the time to chat before we fly –
Yes, even if it hurts.
For ain’t the point of trav’ling
All the people that we meet ?
I know we never asked to used our feet,
But here we are, old thing.
And if we want to cross the miles,
To head on home to Earth,
Then we have to pay our fare and berth,
Despite how false our smiles.
And anyway, this latest craic,
This evening when we get to boast,
And share a meal, and share a toast,
And briefly rest our pack,
This evening as our voices drone
Could be the last to be enjoyed –
Before we’re heading one-way through the void,
All on our own…

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