Your marbles clank

It's not about money 
Money's a delusion 
A Game at best 
Don't suffer the illusion 
Projected by dictators 
You're more than that 
More than paper 
Rotting in a wallet 
Throw it in the basket 
Give it to the cat 
More than machinations
Of a risible cadre 
I should know 
I've seen the treasure 
Of the Sierra Madre 
Makes your eyes a-glow
Your marbles clank 
Yearn for more 
Something with swank
More less this torture 
Put the whip away 
More or less dey extort ya 
For next to no pay  
Life is a miracle 
Whatever they say 
richer than stars
We own the light 
Which turns us on
Loot is the bidet 
Gimme a break 
All your conscience
Gone to waste  
If we were naked 
If we were wise 
If we were sated 
If the disguise of denial 
and the propping 
Of the bank 
Would lead to the fire 
Of a rosebud's fate 
Would you be free 
As the eternal schooner 
Conquering the sea 
In the quest for truth?
Or would you take coins 
Dug from the earth 
Is that how much
You think you're worth?

30/05/18