Expensive Emptiness

Guarding herself from the whole world,
And contemplating meanings of success,
Regarding only what is moving forward,
Is fancy, proud emptiness.

Advancing only if it pays,
Methodically calculating every step,
Considering her crooked ways,
And putting everyone to debt.

High walls surround her expensive place:
Everything clean, everything nice,
And not a sound heard for days -
Her name, her fate, her real price.