There is a language that transcends
culture and politics, that speaks
across time zones: Kuala Lumpur
to Decatur, Churchill to Zanzibar,
it keeps on talking, 24/7.
There is no issue that cannot be
resolved in the lingo of Euros and Yen.
What is good, what is best, when
to make deals and when to make war:
it all comes clear in the Dollar, in the Dinar.
Jesus, Mohammed, and Buddha,
Vishnu, Osiris, Tlaloc and Lar
are easy to recognize when we see them
as Market Forces guiding the Stars, the rank
and file, governments, The World Bank.
We comfort ourselves with small change.
Even the poor have to confess
they love the non-stop chatter that makes
everyone feel close to success
and ready for danger, whatever it takes.
When we pass on, professional acumen
can deduce exactly where we will enter
The Great Ledger. There is no better
way to honor the work we have done
than to write it down in the mother tongue.
A North American Male may earn his bread
in obscurity, but as soon as he’s dead we can see
his life had an absolute value: $42,681.76. Un
-impressive, but not without dignity. At least he
ended his days in the black, not the red.
culture and politics, that speaks
across time zones: Kuala Lumpur
to Decatur, Churchill to Zanzibar,
it keeps on talking, 24/7.
There is no issue that cannot be
resolved in the lingo of Euros and Yen.
What is good, what is best, when
to make deals and when to make war:
it all comes clear in the Dollar, in the Dinar.
Jesus, Mohammed, and Buddha,
Vishnu, Osiris, Tlaloc and Lar
are easy to recognize when we see them
as Market Forces guiding the Stars, the rank
and file, governments, The World Bank.
We comfort ourselves with small change.
Even the poor have to confess
they love the non-stop chatter that makes
everyone feel close to success
and ready for danger, whatever it takes.
When we pass on, professional acumen
can deduce exactly where we will enter
The Great Ledger. There is no better
way to honor the work we have done
than to write it down in the mother tongue.
A North American Male may earn his bread
in obscurity, but as soon as he’s dead we can see
his life had an absolute value: $42,681.76. Un
-impressive, but not without dignity. At least he
ended his days in the black, not the red.
