Poems of the Week

Trading Our Future

by Marshall Begel

“DeSantis signs bill recognizing gold, silver coins as legal tender in Florida”
NBC

We passed these monetary laws
here in the Sunshine State
to safeguard people’s wealth because
it soon will be too late.

When US treasuries go bust
and credit’s a nonstarter,
those precious metals in our trust
will set us up to barter.