POETRY

Which Economy should I Value

May 6, 2020

You speak to me of the economy

and I must ask of you​​ of​​ which​​ 

economy do you speak?

Will this economy, of which​​ 

you are concerned, seek a balance

that leads to living for all; a thriving,

a​​ giving and receiving and​​ ​​ growing?

Or,​​ will it lean towards​​ an​​ accumulation

that results in eventual death

by asphyxiation of even the victor?

For if it​​ is the former, I will gladly

listen thinking of the economies

of the great oceans,​​ those

of​​ the primal forests​​ and that of

the wide savannah plains.

 

No, please hear me out.

 

I will think of the economy of health

and that of​​ learning​​ and I will even

think of the economy of the spirit

with the soul at its center knowing that

nourishing​​ the​​ center​​ will result

in an ever flowing river of return.​​ 

But if this economy is that of

the artificial exchange in the marketplace

in which a​​ capital​​ value is placed on

every living thing​​ and every object

of beauty, then I will say, let us

concern ourselves first​​ with​​ the economies

of living and your economy will take care

of itself.

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