The Offer

Shall I leave some money around the house for you?

my mother asked me over the phone.

Yes, I said, please leave some bills

scattered around the bathroom

in case I should get an urge

for currency on the toilet;

and around the livingroom,

as though money

had fallen through cracks in the roof

from the trees above the house.

Please leave the money

all over the house

as if someone had had a fancy

to dance alone with their money,

happy for the pleasure

it has brought,

raising it

above their heads.

All over the house,

hot with green dollars.