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MERCENARIES

From the 2019 Collection "2222"

Forget shoplifting,
       not pushing your cart
       back to the cart-corral
       is the true crime.
 
Amazing,
       some places
       the carts are tidy.
 
But only where a deposit is required.
 
Put a quarter in to get a cart
       and
       get the quarter back
       when you return the cart.
 
Of course,
       this is truly a ransom
       veiled as a deposit—
               Does nothing to sway
               the hearts and minds of people.
 
But it does exemplify
       how many people
       can be bought
       with as little
       as a quarter.

From the 2019 Collection "2222"

#222 #2222 #comedy #existential #gulag #jmartindean

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