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A Trillion

by @Geof_Spavins

1 followed by eighteen zeros a quiet cosmic joke of a number a quark‑sized crown for a self‑anointed titan who strides through markets like a barefoot prophet selling futures in futures that never quite arrive 1000000000000000000 a string so long it sags under its own swagger a boast inflated like a parade balloon drifting above the crowd on hot air and hashtags casting a shadow shaped suspiciously like ambition this is the worth?? you whisper and the number blushes, embarrassed for it knows it was only ever a placeholder a cardboard sceptre in a kingdom of spreadsheets a decimal daydream dressed as destiny still it marches on 1 and its trailing caravan of zeros a procession of hollow drums beating out a rhythm of boom boom bust boom bust boom and somewhere in the middle a man with a rocket in one hand and a meme in the other tries to convince the universe that gravity is optional and valuation is a vibe 1000000000000000000 a lullaby for late‑night traders a satire stitched from silk and static a reminder that even the largest fortunes can look suspiciously like a single digit followed by a very long pause.
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