The Commission

For years he counts infinitesimal

differences that always leave room

for his profit, slight gains perhaps

incalculable for most people though

very important to the money changer,

way of life for the expelled from the

Temple in the ancient days which he

recalls as re-counts and estimate his

gain, old Benjamin, sitting on his

stool with a bowl full of gold and

silver coins from various countries,

he calculates his potential profit and

contemplates the time when he’d go

along with his loot which perhaps

might buy him a better spot

in Paradise. Old Benjamin had also

missed the point of why he lived

his life to just do as expected

as he was taught by his wise teachers

and you said

he too got caught in the trap of money

he too remained an insignificant

peon among the innumerable others.