Plastic
written by: Jane Briganti
Swipe it
Chip it
Tap it
I hear it everywhere
What about cash?
Try it if you dare
Mumbles of annoyance
from those who cannot wait
Cash transactions
are considered out of date
Everything moving fast
and nothing slow
People rushing about
What do they really know?
The allure of cash
The jingle of change
To modern consumers
seems all too strange
The value of money
is not the same
Just pick a card
A consumer’s game
Bonus points and
Cash back scams
People falling victim
like slaughtered lambs
“Buy more stuff”
The message is clear
Charge it to your card
pay it off next year
Governmental plans
to keep the people poor
Give them what they want
and keep them buying more
Jane Briganti lives and works in New York City. Her poetry has been published in a variety of journals including Better Than Starbucks, Halcyon Days, Founder's Favourites, WestWard Quarterly, Spillwords Press and Creations Magazine. She believes poetry is the soul's way of communicating with itself.
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