Friday, January 26, 2024

brother can you spare a dime

a nickel
meant a lot in those days.
a quarter,
a dime
found left behind
in the coke
machine slot,
was a prize.
we always jiggled 
the payphone
when passing by.
a penny on the ground
was always
picked up.
the Kennedy half dollar
was a collectors
item,
hidden deep in a drawer,
in a pair of socks,
never to be spent
or lost,
and the sliver dollar.
well that was a pirate's
treasure,
that was tops.

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