Tag Archives: money

Nothing for sale

Noth­ing for sale, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. And so the mer­chant asked How much for your heart? What’s the price on your soul? A dime for your thoughts. Can I pay you to play a role? I am des­per­ate Out of stock Out of time Out of my mind Won’t you please be so …

19. September 2008 – 03:00 | By Thorsten | Posted in Poetics | Tagged , , , , | Comments (2)

Tower of Babel

Tower to Babel, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. We keep on stack­ing Where wis­dom is lack­ing Coin upon coin And bill upon bill Just for the thrill Until It all comes tum­bling down. And bro­ken is a mighty crown Made of paper and tin Its foun­da­tion proved too thin. We keep on build­ing the tower …

17. September 2008 – 18:14 | By Thorsten | Posted in Poetics | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Life is a matter of focus

Life is a mat­ter of focus, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Some­times seem­ingly triv­ial things can take on a mean­ing of their own. The leaf in the fore­ground seems to be rather insignif­i­cant. It is with­ered and dead. The build­ing in the back­ground is the head­quar­ter of a large bank in north­ern Ger­many. To me …

16. December 2007 – 11:27 | By Thorsten | Posted in Musings | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (2)