A shoe for your thoughts

** a shoe for your thoughts **
A shoe for your thoughts
Different kind of penny
Because money means less than before
Material goods only currency
Banking is dead bring on barter
What have you got
Not how much in wallet
A clothesline a swap for potatoes
Or perhaps a lively pair of chickens
For a car which barely runs
All the items acquired
Abruptly take on a different light
For what could they be exchanged
Can I carry them and are they light
For what and what and then to something
You do want
The brand new barter economy
Because the money is soiled
Worthless sheets of pretty paper
Promising much and delivering squat.