Poems from the 12-Hour Sonnet Contest: Settling Scores, David J. Rothman
David J. Rothman’s most recent books are Learning the Secrets of English Verse (Springer 2022), coauthored with Susan Spear, and My Brother’s Keeper (Lithic 2019).
Settling Scores
Good God, why shouldn’t people love their
money?
Look what it brings: time, power, clothes,
good teeth,
Education, safety, comfort, sunny
Days on sparkling beaches underneath
A clear, untroubled, cobalt sky. Why not?
Show me the good that you can do without
it,
The gift you make untouched by cash. We’re
caught
In currency’s bright stream, no doubt about
it,
Though it’s made from the same star stuff
as us,
As the dirt is, and just like anything
On earth it can become wild, dangerous,
An evil root, a curse, a scorpion sting.
Love may be king, but cash settles the
scores.
The question is: What do you do with yours?
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