The moneyplant: How much is enough?

Like so many things
both bad and good,
it all began with silver dollars
(some call it honesty)
which, on their own,
weren't that appealing,
but multiplied and stretched
began to seem
like something you or I might like;
something that could sell.
The trick
-- and isn't this always the trick --
was knowing when to stop,
and how much
would be
enough...


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