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It’s Not About the Money

A Poem for the Creators

By Atomic HistorianPublished 3 years ago Updated 3 years ago 1 min read
It’s Not About the Money
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I often sit and ponder

What’s in a dollar

Not what is it made of

But what it makes for us

Often it’s very little

And it’s only getting smaller

We create and create

But we only generate more wealth for the wealthy

The whole situation is rather unhealthy

We get paid less than a penny for our efforts

Yet we struggle on

Because it’s not about the money

It’s about sending a message

A word

We want to be heard

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    Written by Atomic Historian