Do Not Burn Me at a Loss

If it makes sense,

To purchase a litre of petrol at one hundred and eighty shillings,

Or a litre of Kerosene at one hundred and sixty shillings,

Or a worn out car tyre worth two hundred shillings at a throw away second hand price,

And burn me for stealing five hundred shillings,

Then go ahead and burn me,

Throw the tyre around my neck and light the matchstick,

Watch me burn to ashes,

I deserve it.

Burn me at a profit,

Spend little to burn me for stealing more,

Do not spend more to burn me for stealing little,

Do not burn me at a loss,

Do not spend three hundred shillings on petrol,

Or two hundred and fifty shillings on Kerosene,

Or eight hundred shillings worth of car tyre,

To burn me for stealing two hundred shillings.

Before you burn me,

Do your mathematics,

If you have one thousand shillings to spend on burning a thief,

Then spend it on a thief who stole more than one thousand shillings,

Do not spend it on a thief who stole less than one thousand shillings,

And if worst comes to worst,

Break even,

Spend the same amount I stole,

So that we can all say,

We cancelled each other,

An eye for an eye.

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