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Legally Tender

The key of currency  

is the changing of hands—  

a baton passed  

on in constant motion:  

the soft creak of paper,  

the tang of fresh ink  

binding every participant.

An untouched bloom of paper,  

crisp as dawn’s first light,  

slips between your fingers—  

its epic journey awaiting:  

from dawn’s market stalls  

to a child’s candy-shop grin,  

through late-night diner trays;  

each crease a tale well told,  

each worn note singing its past.