Dollars and debts and interest compounding
Stocks and bonds and dividends
The bottom line and profit margins and markets
The economic drive some ride into obscene wealth
The likes of these bought Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
For the highest price ever in the ‘80’s
While Van Gogh, himself, died impoverished
Having sold only one painting in his lifetime
The likes of Van Gogh aren’t concerned with
Dollars and debts and interest compounding
His ecstasy was discovering how to paint a tree
The purchase of Sunflowers contributed to the GDP
But the production of the same didn’t
Obscene profits are no real incentive
David Fekete 