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.