VALUE
It used to be a penny, a bright copper penny,
Abe Lincoln looking at us - up from the mud ….
And any kid finding it or an old person bending
towards the ground picking it up and saying,
“Look at this: a lucky penny!” Now Abe has
been voted out from that office. So too
Alexander Hamilton on a nickel and Harry
S. Truman on the dime. They are too little
or too poor to be picked up - but George
on the quarter or the dollar bill - he still
gets picked up and pocketed from the
ground or from in between the pillows of
a chair or a couch. Wonder at times: How
much am I worth - muddy, hidden me?
© Andy Costello, Reflections
2018
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