Short Legal Tender Poems

Money
Legal Tender
Desirable to man
Representing good and evil
Money...

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Sinister Sinner Who Became a Minister

wore big blister
was sinister minister
became senator

a legal tender
minister an offender
had been big spender

minister spinster
with a good looking sister
hard to resist her

had been beginner
then he cooked a great dinner
now a real winner

sailed with spinnaker
when a big wind did occur
hard to endure...

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Some merchants make life hard 
when they won't accept a credit card. 
Forget checks, or even gold dust. 
They want those greenbacks that say "In God We Trust". 
Goods and services are rendered each day. 
However, cash is their only payment way. 
Those legal tender pieces of paper are what they want today.

Inspired by another member's poem
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She ran her fingers across my skin,
counting my scars as if they were legal tender. 
I thought about the moment when skin
breaks apart, when life has a chance 
to escape its cage.
I think she could see it in my eyes,
because her touch became a violent rush,
her nails hungry for the burst of 
what was wrought between us. 
And so, I bled for her;
Staining her hunger with the rage of scars 
she couldn’t see. 
-James Kelley 2014, All rights reserved....

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In public exchanges, they rarely make their scenes
since they are rejected by most vending machines.
The United States Mint curtailed their production.
Numbers in circulation have faced reduction.
Just how many are out there, no one really knows.
These days, they can’t even be found in casinos.
If you ever find one of these, don’t let it go.
People rarely spend these.  They hardly ever show.
This coin bearing the face of John F. Kennedy
is still considered as legal tender money....

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