Sadly, only the heart does not always do,
you need the strength of the money too.
Money makes the world go round,
only fools would say that it is not true.
But the actions of the heart with money
those are the only stories that achieve glory,
a tale the people will tell more excitedly to you.
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If I talk, it creates a mess !
It's the fault of the poetic heart, I guess.
Poetry in the material world
pokes the consciousness
and put the material minds in distress.
(13.07.2025)
MANIFESTO
Three words inscribed on a bullet
Finger on a trigger ready to pull it
This system that does not concede
Free healthcare at the point of need
Or each citizen having their own say
Then they express in their own way
It’s politically influential Big Pharma
That have a different kind of karma
Money not blood, is the circulation
Feeding each medical organisation
Donations keeps it just the way it is
Even when retribution begins to fizz
With certainties like death and taxes
Just where now indeed is that evil axis
Industries may be considered corrupt
As insurance fees are simply upped
What does it really take to lift the lid
Pushing the poor down the pyramid
Social medicine is seen as communist
The truth is diverted and then missed
It’s not capitalism in everyone’s sights
Or choosing to distort human rights
But money makes the world go round
Despite extortion often being found
Yet murder cannot justify a murder
Even in a kind of government purdah
A message has been sent, to be sure
Remember ‘Sicko’ by Michael Moore
And now the sense of injustice grows
From the words, Deny Defend Depose
though it is rooted upon supposed evil,
the fruits of my labour are consequential.
shall I weap off not having a penny,
or should I rejoice of having plenty?
granted is the will to make hasty decisions,
'drink up, don't slow down', said blurry visions.
sober minds take full responsibility,
adulthood applauds instant flexibility.
when treated well, rewards are many,
it gives me pleasure to receive a twenty.
wishes to share, bear in mind, regardless,
though life decided to pause the process.
it hurts me not to wait again in hopes,
for it will visit, to bless me in envelopes.
22 July 2022
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Stupid Things People Say.
.
Stupid things people say
I hear them every day
.
Is it the weather or me?
How do you want your tea
In or out
Well it make more sense to have it in a cup
To me
.
Is that a guitar on your shoulder?
No it’s an ironing board
And a boulder
Can you play?
No I just carry it about all day
.
Is that a camera are you filming?
No I’ve got something stuck in my eye
Goodbye
.
Are they your dogs?
No I’m taking them back for the ransom money
Are you trying to be funny honey?
.
It always rains but never pours
So you've been to this planet before?
.
I’m going shopping for a bargain
Not if you didn’t want it in the first place
Not another frying pan and cardigan
.
Money makes the world go round
Well if it does
Here’s half a crown
.
I bet you were a beautiful baby
I still am beautiful
Lady
.
The wheels on the bus go around and around
Of course they do
Or we’d never get around
.
The grass is always greener on the other side
Not if you have a mudslide
.
You never know what’s around the corner
I do
Big Ada I have to warn you
.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush?
.
Peter Dome©2020.
The saying goes,
“Money makes the world go round”
and yet as I step onto this adult plane
as the initiated guest that I am,
I have come to learn
how false these six words ring,
for it is not money that purports to be
the cause behind
the revolution we see,
but instead the devil we know too closely
the one we wantonly call Greed
and its want for more
need for more
be it the paper we value more than life,
or the power we strive to hold each time
lusting after what we don’t have
desiring that which is out of reach
twisting something made from purity
and it comes as no surprise
the strides some of us will allow it to go
to grasp a coveted seat
away from the many layers below
even if it means sacrificing
people along the way
bringing with it
a great deal of hurt and pain
as long as we get what we want in the end,
even if it means tarnishing
our last and only way to repent
letting go of a conscience
we no longer recognize,
until we are unable to see
through someone else’s eyes.
Dark nights and bright blue mornings
My Back against the wall,
Foot on the moon
Arm strong: I'm carrying the world,
The youth taking over!
Lets just hope we don't repeat-
the same mistakes our folks brought to this life,
From fighting for skin color to gender
And Tackling phobias,
Its tough being a human
From individuality; family; clan
And races like we racing toward something!
Call that civilization's game,
The great Olympics...
The torch lit up!
I wonder which nationality will win?
Human beings fighting for everything
Is there anything we don't fight for?
Premature species: O how we need our mother!
Nature and modernization: how we do so much for the other,
Father time: the decaying reality
Uncle Sam: O how he wants to put us back in the story.
Selfie the great lose of self
Snap shots but nothing captured,
Money makes the world go round
But the world never made money!
Humans and machines to
Robots and Androids,
Artificial intelligence: the mechanical system,
Evolution of mankind to androgynous beings,
Eugenics to cosmetics-
Beauty as ideal and knowledge for the elderly,
The formulated world and make up so expensive!
Money is a universal language. They say money talk bull crap walks
even the def hears it. You gotta pay the price to live nice.
Money can turn people cold as ice. I like my pockets fatter then Kelly price.
Success is my friend, i learned to fight with my pen. Words close as kin
the more money i earn the more money i yearn,thus i can't be broke.No
money life is a joke. You cant take care of your folks.I love to count
that cheese yellow yolks. You know what they say another day another dollar holla. You could bet your bottom dollar. Money makes the world go round.
Build a mouse trap and the world will beat a path to your door. To get what you give sometimes you gotta cash in your chips. Don't bit the hand that feeds you money i need you.
I WISH....
I WISH MY TEARS COULD GIVE RIVERS A JOY OF RUNING WATER
FOR I FEAR TO CALL ON , CRAWL DOWN TO THE SAME CRY....
BECAUSE THESE WISHES NEEDS TO FALL, NOT ONLY TO WALK
AWAY PEER PRESSURE BUT TO BRING ME CLOSER TO PEACE.
THE WAR THAT MY EYES SEEKS IS USUALLY FOUGHT WITH
MONSTERS WHO DONT EASILY FALL, BUT THEY ARE BOUGHT
UNDER THIS THOUGHT 'MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND'
I CONFIRM MY STATE OF MIND AND I STAND MY GROUND BECAUSE
I DO NOT WANT TO LOOK AT THE EYES OF MEN WITH PITY,
BECAUSE THE SOUND 'SUCCESS' IS NEAR SO DO NOT FEAR
AS NO ONE KNOWS OR HAS THE SCALE TO MEASURE SUCCESS....
I WISH I COULD WISH FOR THIS WISH TO COME TRUE.....
Money makes the world go round
Say wealthy people profound.
Money when rightly enthused
Offers hope to those abused.
Money is that ample route
To address cares down and out.
Money in decent employ
Can heal the hurts that destroy.
Money is an idea grand
For clever use to fund plans.
Money is not an evil
Unless it makes a devil.
Money is vast value stored
To exchange for even more.
Money is at best a tool
For both the wise and the fool.
Money is just a sure thing
That helps you live hurl and fling.
Money is one way to tell
Life to sculpt hope and cast spell.
Money is God's gift to you
To use to make dreams come true.
Leon Enriquez
20 January 2015
Singapore
Sideways people living out on the plain
I think they've been dying for a change
sent some men up to try and make a trade
sadly we got nothin they want in exchange
Ethnocentric yankee joe
tryin to find out where people go
when they're done being part of the show
but he can't find what we won't ever know, so
Go out on the water tonight
make yourself pretty, make yourself tight
I never understood what's so good about the light
but that doesn't mean I'm gonna give up the fight
All the country girls they dance and swoon
when mr. money bags comes promisin the moon
always fails to mention that he's leaving soon
that's how it goes when you're riding the boom
They tell you money makes the world go round'
spent a few years just sleepin on the ground
when the bodies turned up, they sent the hounds
hopped the next train on the way outta town, so
Go out on the water tonight
make yourself pretty, make yourself tight
I never understood what's so good about the light
but that doesn't mean I'm gonna give up the fight
They say "money makes the world go round" I really don't understand
I thought it was a magnetic field not something made by man
They say "don't count your chickens before they begin to hatch"
but what if my eggs came........... from a totally different batch?
They say "what goes around comes around" I'm just a little bit confused
How can I use the same fire cracker when I already lit the fuse?
They say "what goes up must come down" but what if its in outer-space??
Does Newton's law of gravity come back and smack us in the face??
They say "a way to a man's heart is through his stomach"
This seems like a very hard task, and isn't it true to reach the stomach
the heart at first you must pass???
They say "beauty is only skin deep" what does that really mean?
Is it because we bathe with soap that our pores are really clean?
All these quotes and cliches and the all around play on words
got me all confused I think its just absurd
But I can't blame anyone I can only blame myself
I should of picked up the thesaurus thats been sitting on my shelf
In for a penny, in for a pound
money makes the world go round.
“Baksheesh, pretty lady, Cleopatra eyes?”
foreign intrigue in a bantering guise.
“What do you want, My Queen?”
“Just for you, right here, behind the screen.”
One dollar, five pounds, the world goes round
in for a penny, in for a pound.
“Oh my beauty, please stay, please.
Come, come here, to my shop, stay for tea?”
“No hassle, so honest, nice things abound!”
Money, not love, makes the world go round.
*Baksheesh means a TIP in arabic.
Who cares about love?
Money makes the world go round,
So make lots of it.
Why waste time at home?
You would rather be at work,
Making more money.
Money….
What can you do with money?
Well let’s stop and think; Money can buy you all the stilettos or marble sinks
A new Bentley fully chromed and tricked out
With the rims sitting 26 inches and you’re wondering what the fuss is about
People are stealing your rims and all you seem to do is replace them
Money can buy you all your hearts desire
From expensive wigs, weaves, clothes,
To cell phones, booze, and whose
There is nothing good that comes from money
Gambling it all away loosing is never funny
They say money makes the world go round
But all I’ve found is the world to be upside down
I am discussed and dismayed with money today
Money always seem to find a way to send you to an early grave
Money will forever remain the root of all evil
For those who love, the money making believers
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