thedorkiest

(this was written with inspiration from a friend who HATES pennies and the folksy brilliance of Carl Sandburg)

A Penny Saved Is A Penny Wasting.

You don't have to go far in America
to find a penny discarded on the ground,
even heads up it's still stepped upon,
this penny makes me ponder, is this America?

Citizens argue that the penny is waste,
7 billion pennies produced a year
at the cost of nearly 100 million.
100 million broken dollars,
littered all across the country.
.
Yet still the penny is spared,
because still the penny has fans,
and the penny has fathers fat off zinc.
These fans that would rather cling to nostalgia
than acknowledge sense and end the charade,
and these fathers that would rather sully the streets
than accept their ride for its final worth.

No, the penny meant something once,
but unlike America,
it can never return to that meaningful place.

03-12-09
m/m

I may tidy this poem up in the future, but for now I feel like I accomplished the goal of this poem.
I hope yall enjoy.

stay beautiful,
-Michael

ps: I'm gonna try posting more. I always have something new, but I usually post it on my myspace blog or my website for my book of poetry (Every Breath Poetic)