Eight-line Poems

The Market Place

The Market Place

Every key has a string attached,
all answers have their price,
solutions with costs are matched,
and helping hands extract their slice.

Knowledge erodes your innocence,
open doors demand you change,
progress requires due diligence,
and assistance results in exchange.


Line count: 8
Rhymed abab
For Express It In Eight, 01.07.23
Prompt: Illustration of keys hanging upon strings.