Your Poetry Dot Com

Welcome to Your Poetry Dot Com - Read, Rate, Comment on, or Submit Poetry. Browse Poetry Forums, or just enjoy other parts of our poetic community.
One of the largest databases of poetry on the net, now over 198,500+ poems!

Poems On Site: 198,500+ Comments On Poems: 427,000+ Forum Posts: 105,000+

Custom Search


Welcome !	Home · FAQ · Topics · Web Links · Your Account · Submit Poetry · Top 30 · OldSite Link	29-May 18:02:34 AEST

Menu

· Our eBay Store

· Error Submit

Poetry

· Submit Poetry

· Least Read Poems

· Members Listing

· Old Site Post 2001

· Old Site Pre 2001

· Poetry Archive

· Public Domain Poetry

Stories

· Stories (NEW ! )

· Submit Story

· Story Topics

· Stories Archive

· Story Search

Community

· Our Poetry Forums

· Our Arcade
100's of Games !

Site Help

· FAQ

· Feedback

Members Areas

· Your Account

· Members Journals

· Premium Sign-Up

Premium Section

· Special Section

· Premium Poems

· Premium Submit

· Premium Search

· Premium Archive

· Premium Topics

Fun & Games

· Jokes

· Bubble Puzzle

· Cross Word Easy

· Word Hunt

Reference

· Dictionary (Rhyming)

· Site Updates

· Special Content

Search

Top

Help This Site

· Donations

Others

· Moderators

Our Other Sites

· Embroidery Design Store
· Your Jokes
· Special Urls
· JM Embroideries
· Public Domain Poetry and Stories
· Diamond Dotz
· Cooking Info and Recipes
· Quoof - Australian Story

Social

Array ( [sid] => 180963 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Borders and Dollars [time] => 2015-04-08 07:28:18 [hometext] => [bodytext] => “Where is the border?”
“What?! You don't see it? It's right there!”
“But that ant, he just crossed 'ere nary a care!”
“Yes...not smart enough to do as told
or where not to go-
not enough brains to pay heed to invisible lines
drawn in 'Greed Green'-
the Crayola tint plebeians being most unaware
with not even a hint.”

“You can't burn dollars! You're breaking the law!”
“These pieces of paper fresh from press?
98% value gone with the gold;
why, I'm burning nothing- I couldn't care less!”
“You're insane! That's damn good money!”
“I'M insane? Federal Reserve Notes are hollow,
propped on YOUR faith-
THAT'S really funny!”
[comments] => 3 [counter] => 177 [topic] => 41 [informant] => invierno [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => political )

Borders and Dollars

Contributed by invierno on Wednesday, 8th April 2015 @ 07:28:18 AM in AEST
Topic: political

“Where is the border?”
“What?! You don't see it? It's right there!”
“But that ant, he just crossed 'ere nary a care!”
“Yes...not smart enough to do as told
or where not to go-
not enough brains to pay heed to invisible lines
drawn in 'Greed Green'-
the Crayola tint plebeians being most unaware
with not even a hint.”

“You can't burn dollars! You're breaking the law!”
“These pieces of paper fresh from press?
98% value gone with the gold;
why, I'm burning nothing- I couldn't care less!”
“You're insane! That's damn good money!”
“I'M insane? Federal Reserve Notes are hollow,
propped on YOUR faith-
THAT'S really funny!”

Copyright Â© invierno ... [ 2015-04-08 07:28:18]
(Date/Time posted on site)

Advertisments:

Previous Posted Poem | | Next Posted Poem

Sorry, comments are no longer allowed for anonymous, please register for a free membership to access this feature and more

All comments are owned by the poster. Your Poetry Dot Com is not responsible for the content of any comment.
That said, if you find an offensive comment, please contact via the FeedBack Form with details, including poem title etc.

Re: Borders and Dollars (User Rating: 1 )
by RussellReinhardt on Wednesday, 8th April 2015 @ 11:32:38 AM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)

Hello boet

Yes I don't have a clue on how politics and monetary issues in the states work, so I won't comment on that. However the poem itself well constructed easy to read great job boet. God bless. TFS

Greetings
Rus

Re: Borders and Dollars (User Rating: 1 )
by xHeathenx on Wednesday, 8th April 2015 @ 10:18:33 PM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)

I'm a little bit confused on the boet thing you guys have. Lol

Also things like this are quite absurd, but for some idiotic reason, essential to a poorly-insured archaic system. The only reason why capitalism is successful is because of greed(and not the kind enforced by it), in that those in capitalist society can relish in the joys of what is available to them, video games, cinema, musics beyond count, heck, you name it. While the poorer countries in the world suffer in their place, as wealth is not available to all. It's a balance, and the balance heavily tips down toward the western world. Shame though, because ignorance in media and stubbornness will prevent any attempts to rectify the situation. Despite that, one should keep making a conscious effort to alleviate the suffering. It needs to happen.

Great write though Invierno.
All the best.

Re: Borders and Dollars (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Saturday, 11th April 2015 @ 11:27:09 PM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)

I would say as others just did
how absurd it is
Why the whole of central and south America
and all the jewels that surround the body of great lands
on the east side of the great continents
north and south are somehow not clearly
spoken of in any whole measure

money, sure, with it you can get anything
it seems
all the resources you really don't need
to waste

and the ones you do need ironically
you neglect by far the most

It truly wasn't that long ago when the majority here in the U.S. couldn't read or even understand the concept
of what money meant

I guess we all sidestepped around that right
quick, and quite possibly with much
regret --- at least one would hope!

It's easy to be lazy like that
It's easy to miss the boat
it's easy too for groups of people
to become divided even in one
single house.

yes we need each other
more not less
yes

Invierno, yeah !!! This one put a smile on my face!

Peace!

While every care is taken to ensure the general sites content is family safe, our moderators cannot be in all places; all the time. Please report poetry and or comments that are in breach of our site rules HERE (Please include poem title or url). Parents also please ensure that you supervise your children well when they are on the internet; regardless of what a site says about being, or being considered, child-safe.

Poetry is much like a great photo, a single "moment in time" capturing many feelings and emotions. Yet, they are very alive; creating stirrings within the readers who form visual "pictures" of the expressed emotions within the Poem. Â©

Opinions expressed in the poetry, comments, forums etc. on this site are not necessarily those of this site, its owners and/or operators; but of the individuals who post items to this site.
Frequently Asked Questions | | | Privacy Policy | | | Contact Webmaster

All submitted items are Copyright Â© to their submitter. All the rest Copyright Â© 2002-2050 by Your Poetry Dot Com

All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owners.

Script Generation Time: 0.052 Seconds. - View our Site Map | .© your-poetry.com