Throughout the poem, many of the stanzas hold examples of a satirical comment on humankinds’ use or view of money. The most obvious of the commentaries is in the stanza which reads:
“It will delight your friends,
shake hands with men
like a god and lick
the legs of women.”
shake hands with men
like a god and lick
the legs of women.”
The stanza comments on how money is used anywhere from entertainment to bribes. This one stanza points out the point that humankind depends too much on money and what it can buy.
If not for the title, the personification in the poem would prevent any connection to money at all. The author uses specific diction such as “domesticated” and “nest” to make money sound as if it were an animal. This use of personification to make money sound vicious is continued in the last stanza when the author describes how when the money will “bite you gently on the hand” that “There will be no pain but in thirty seconds the poison will reach your heart.” This personification also ties into the satirical commentary on money and how it poisons a person and is bad for the health.
This poem quite blatantly negates the saying that money can buy happiness. I enjoyed the satirical aspects of the poem, and how it had a darker sense of humor to it. What made the poem more enjoyable was Contoski’s use of animalistic verbs and adjectives to make money sound like a vicious and conniving being.
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