Trust

 American Founders
by Peter Maurin 

The founders of America
came to America
to serve God
the way they thought
God wants to be served.
How God
wants to be served
is no longer taught
in American schools.
How to be successful
is still taught
in American schools.
Thinking of time
in terms of money
is at the base
of the thinking
of our business men.
We put on our coins:
“In God we trust,”
but persist in thinking
that everybody else
ought to pay cash.

It's increasingly unclear, I think, whether American schools still teach how to be successful; but trust still continues to take a beating.