Hard Cash For Hash
this could be new Istanbul with all the fallen angels scanning the floors for loose change furiously grinding dust underfoot in the hope they can fashion diamonds, diamonds they’d sell for pearls, I reach into my pocket for a vial of oil, natural fossil fuels hold a higher value than local currency, the street kids come at me with eloquent sales pitches as to why they need hard cash for hash, I told them - “I don’t finance mules” especially the two-legged type