Sense Sonnet - Tickler

Moon Money

The U.S. should claim the whole moon
As a U.S. possession owned.
And then for a financial boon,
Take the national debt that's loaned
By mostly foreigners, and sell
Off the moon in chunks to repay
All that debt. Of course then, oh well,
The pols will continue to play
Fast and loose with spending the cash,
That once was backed by real gold bars,
But now by nothing. We'll spend rash
'Til we have to claim and sell Mars.

The gold standard once used to be.
The moon rock standard? Possibly!