Swans and Snakes

A million dollars will shut a thousand mouths forever seal black books seed a million clouds place bodies in swamps and swaying from meat hooks and far- far underground. A billion dollars can by a million souls denature the fabric of the planet chase hope and faith down the rabbit hole A billion will promptly end investigation turn the lake of truth into a blue-opaqueness A trillion will turn a bank of swans into a den of snakes.