would dead presidents would be pleased
to find themselves quartered in
the pockets of young people with rich parents,
old people who twiddle their financial thumbs,
middle-aged people who hate the very
minter of their money?
ben franklin would return from paris,
failing to notify his wife, and frequent
the co-working spaces of the west coast,
finding a tech-mistress-cum-laude
named anna.
anna says:
"money is cheap," which to normal people
(for whom money is expensive)
sounds arrogant.
anna means:
"i don't spend my own money,
i spend other people's,
they give it to me in hopes
i make something great with it."
benjamin says:
"i have a wife in the northeast
who still thinks i'm in paris."
benjamin means:
"if you want something,
go get it."
benjamin doesn't realize:
he said that thing about his wife
out loud, and anna left, off to search
for another exploiter who
remembers not to mention how.