Wednesday, May 2, 2012

The Money Tree

Money is a sword that can be made into paper flowers that cuts and divides even the most intangible: Divorce, mutiny, war, murder, suicide, class, yes over no, able vs. disabled, meditation vs. starvation.

 "Trout, incidentally, had written a book about a money tree. It had twenty-dollar bills for leaves. Its flowers were government bonds. Its fruit was diamonds. It attracted human beings who killed each other around the roots and made very good fertilizer. So it goes."  (Kurt Vonnegut from Slaughterhouse Five)