What If #16 Coins

The Coins of the Realm
How long has it been since You went to a park and played on the swings? If You get on the biggest swing and let YourSelf soar, flying higher and higher You can reach out and almost touch the sky. When You fly that high, swinging higher and ever higher if you let Your mind slide just a bit to the right, You just might find a reality where coins are sentient beings. At least that's how I found the Realm of the Coins. That's how I met George.
I never quite figured out exactly how George could sit in a swing and fly to the sky without rolling out. Swinging away, laughing with delight George told Me a story that I'll pass along, if You can imagine Yourself riding the breeze, swinging back and forth, higher, ever higher All-most touching the sky.
"Merlyn, We coins have quite a coinstory You know. We've seen just about everything there is to see I reckon. Yes, yes quite a coinstory indeed. Why I bet My bottom Suzy B. that We've done just about every darn thing there is to do. Yes siree, been All around the world and seen seven worlds fairs, and that's just in My life time.
"You know We've had lots of religions over the years and lots of philosophers too. There is just One thing about this here reality, We will All-ways live in a world of duality. Coins have two sides and there just ain't a blooming thing can be done about it. Yep, there have been a couple of loads of folks tried to change Our sides, but there just ain't no way to give birth to a One sided coin. Getting older and meditating can't change the fact that there are two sides to every coin.
"I once heard tell of a fella tried having his bad side ground away. In fact there are fables of some reigious fanatics who thought grinding off their bad side was some form of penitence. Can You believe that? Well, hear tell that this fella I heard of was so rich that he paid the grinder to grind down and keep grinding 'til there weren't nothing let of his bad side. You know what happened? Well, I'll tell You what happened and make no mistake! When his bad side was gone, why don't Ya just know there weren't nothin' left, not One blessed thing!
"Some folks say he turned into an ascended master. I don't hold to that kinda thing MySelf, I'm just telling what some folks say.
"Now the funny thing is, how the heck do You tell which side of any coin is bad? I just can't figure that One out. I've looked in the mirror, I've used two mirrors to look at both sides, and I'll be go to the dark side of the moon if I can figure it out. Heads or tails I win.
"You ever ponder this sort of thing, being All human and such? I gotta wonder what it's like being human and having All them there sides and arms. You know most coins think You are UHO's? That'd be unidentified human objects. I hear tell the government has secret files on You! What a hoot and I'm sitting here clear as day talking to an alien.
"Won't My daughter just be thrilled to hear this. Did I tell You she's a gardener? She makes the most perfect little furrows as she rolls through the fields. It takes a lot of practice for a coin to roll the straight and narrow You know. My girl, she practiced since she was knee high to a penny and I tell You she can roll the straightest rows this side of the river.
"Did I mention that now days there's this new fad called encoinenment? You know, it's the same thing coins have been seeking for ages and ages. Yes, it's been going on for years, change the date and change the name but coins still got two sides. It goes on and on and still these folks want to get rid of the dark side. Cast any coin into the light and You know what you get? Well, if You stare into the light trying to see what You get You'll get blind You will and that's about All You'll get.
"You ever hear tell of a coin toss? Well, I reckon that's another way to get rid of Our bad side. Which ever side lands down is bad, the upside is good, and since You can't see the down side, it went away. Can You believe such nonsense? But I'm here to tell You there's folks believes this stuff and they'll take You to war if You try to set 'em straight. So I just let them there fool's coins sit around on their bad side and see if that makes the world a better place. It don't change a blessed thing I tell Ya, but there they sit.
"Yes, I tell You quite a coinstory indeed, but it never changes. You think coins will ever accept themSelves as We are? You reckon after All these years We could stop trying to destroy the side We call bad. What in the blazes is really wrong with that other side? I tell You that even if both sides looked and acted exactly the same, there would still be two sides and some durn fool would call One side good and One side bad and not no wisest coin around could tell the difference. Yet every coin would sit around the fire sipping hot chocolate and smoking their favorite herb saying: 'Yes, that side is bad and there just ain't nothing can be done about it. We pass laws, and build jails and still those baduns just keep on being bad. Did You hear about that coin tried to say it was his good side? Now what kinda defense is that?' I tell You it just goes on and on and I can't never make no sense of it.
"If I believed in magik like You human objects do, I might just think it's possible that some day, in a new world, You know over the rainbow and All that, We could accept OurSelves as We are. You think it's possible don't You? Man, You gotta believe in Santa Coin to believe such a thing.