Marketing
It was once all about markets,
selling stuff - barter, trade, commerce and salesmanship.
reducing things to monetary equivalence.
Then skills. What one creates,
services given, sold.
Tariffs on information whether top-secret or blackmailing
with time a pecuniary component.
Then the Self - it’s worth:
in social media, advertising,
dating app promotions.
How much? What for? Who said?
This face, voice, body, hands, mind
all for a price.
From gold carat to stock-market bonds,
bitcoin and cryptocurrency
the same principle prevails.
And the consequent trust factor
of bipartisan consensus:
providing agreed rates
from which all worth is calculated:
my handful of beans for your six eggs…
Then, add the cost of time and effort
- space for venue rental, mortgage;
one day, it’ll get to air, water,
and a percentage for warmth,
cups of tea.
Add any special skills dependent on need, popularity, access or scarcity.
The value of principle or belief.
Tot up interest, usurious and otherwise
- like a kindof tip or bonus:
reward for playing the game.
Sept.