capitalism

at the grocery store

a man in front of me spends 200 dollars on groceries
that is almost four xbox games, i think

or twenty handles

of bottom shelf vodka

then i get nervous/anxious
thinking about the way i think about money
and consider starting a 401k
whatever that is

i read in a magazine
that the human brain doesn't handle
the concept of money
efficiently. that we imagine our finances
as an intangible number
and not as a series of products
or events
that can be bought.

not
what can i do with these

billions of dollars
but
i have a billion dollars
and that is more than a million
and that is a very good thing

like folklore dragons
we conspire with goblins
and horde treasure in caverns
because of kneejerk logic
in our meat brains