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Friday, February 24, 2012

Universal Exchange [Today's News Poem, February 24, 2012]


Universal Exchange [Today's News Poem, February 24, 2012]

Canopy, marketplace, sign of the scale—
What is the balance—what's in the balance?
Is it feast? Is it ample like booty?
If its sum adds to zero, then pity
Losers if loss is our destiny?
Loss is desire, pity's oppression
(And language subjective), meaning's
Subjective. Balance: the anchor,
Currency, chain and the sign of the tongue.

“There are a number of professions in which workers are paid, in part, with a figurative lottery ticket. The worker accepts a lower-paying job in exchange for a slim but real chance of a large, future payday.”

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