parrallels

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affliction is a foreign exchange market.
it bids iniquities and asks to sell the pain
remembering the rules
bid low, sell high.
finding the point of arbitrage.
inefficiencies fade in the exchange
the smiles are commodities hedged with tears.
the laughter are equities diversified with lament.
the joy is a bond contractually agreed
on a date that sorrow set its yield.
the ethos echoes
and the values reverb.
the crisis made no sound.
and what was mocked
became the derision
harmony came to regulate.
in its interception
it couldn’t save the trust.
it just couldn’t do it all.

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