the penny

the penny that
you drop
that rolls
and spins
to a sudden
stop flat
upon it's
lincoln
face will
lie there
for a long
long time.
a season or
two, or three
until someone
bends with
luck in mind
to pick it
up and see,
just see
perhaps, if
things will
start to
look up without
a thought
to lincoln's
own misfortune
and obvious
lack of luck.