“I took one Draught of Life —
 I’ll tell you what I paid —
 Precisely an existence —
 The market price, they said.

 They weighed me, Dust by Dust —
 They balanced Film with Film,
 Then handed me my Being’s worth —
 A single Dram of Heaven!”

                                                              – Emily Dickinson

Photo by Myra Lambino, a marketplace in Old Town San Diego, California