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.