A short tale in 55 words about value, money and worth.
Happy birthday!
Paper rustling, excitement tinged with apprehension
Glittering, blinding.. sheer intoxication
I can’t accept this, it’s too expensive!
So what? It’s just money.
Too much of it!
It doesn’t matter, there’s plenty.
Exactly.
When it is about something else,
that matters more,
even if there’s very little of it,
I’ll be delighted to accept.
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@ Manuscrypts, Sense: Unlike the protagonist in the story, I can be had…for a good book or a ton of chocolate 🙂
Not a book either. Or land. God isn’t making any more of THAT
hmmm, obviously not chocolate 😀