Dollars and Cents

by Elizabeth C. Haynes

This piece was originally published on elizabethchaynes.com.

I envision some of the men

with souls inside like Shrinky Dinks.

Withering away with each new dollar,

billions of them, piled on top,

weighing down and dissolving the

skin and bones into their essence. 

The eternal self.

Far away and small, though,

the lights barely lit.

Their very existence diminishing 

with made-up dollars and cents.

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