Friday, December 12, 2025

counting pennies

the job,
the menial job, the boredom
of repeated
tasks,
the mindless
repetitive
work
of manual labor, i never
felt bad
about it, never
disparaged the grind
of it all. 
i welcomed
the paltry check on Friday.
never moaned about
the aches
and pains that came
along with it. 
i counted my pennies,
and was grateful,
knowing that it was
a steppingstone
to what would come next.

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