MM opening bills. Diotima lolls nearby. She smokes.
MM Diotima-
D What?
MM Why do prices always go up?
D (shrugs) Some people say it's natural.
MM Do you think that's true?
D Yes and no. The real reason, of course, is....
MM What? I'm listening-
D - gravity. They go up because of gravity. It's a law.
(silence)
MM Really? Diotima, I thought gravity made things go down.
If what you say's true, shouldn't things get cheaper?
D Quelle naivete! You're forgetting one thing.
It's a topsy-turvy world. Gravity used to make things go down.
Now it makes things go up. Prices included.
MM Hm. Then it has nothing to do with greed?
D Nope.
MM Or need to maintain a profit margin?
D Unh-unh.
MM Or the singling out of necessities to profit by?
Like food, a roof, medication, transportation?
D Absolutely not!
MM Or high overhead, getting passed on to the consumer?
D Where do you get these ideas? That's just silly.
(silence; Diotima smokes)
MM Diotima-
D What?
MM Where do babies come from?
D What a question. Test tubes, of course.
MM Oh.
D Why?
MM Just asking.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
I do not believe in comic strips without stripping. MM