Coins

Silver and copper skinned portraits of America,
do the values of coins change as they are flung into fountains,
spinning like the world through time and space
into nebulous pools of fate and hope?

Do Abraham, Thomas, Franklin, and George
feel social as they gather in coffee tins
in our kitchens and bedrooms? Secretly,
do they fear drowning?
Do they pick on Abraham because he is a shade different?

Or do they talk about freedom, liberty
and their trust in God?
-2006