Pocket Change
by Rachel Hoyt
image by hin255
My pockets are always empty.
I never have any spare change.
I pinch and pinch, but my pennies
all seem to roll straight down the drain.
Banks helped me to have 'cash' a plenty
which, at first, seemed a little strange,
then the plastic began to appease
my pockets by pampering their pain.
Perhaps my pockets now envy
the plastic - they asked for your change.
They said, if I steal all your pennies,
my dreams will crawl back up the drain.
Copyright © 2015 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.
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I wrote this poem in response to many
news stories which make me think we
prefer to play games with our money
to see what we can get for "free":
How Manufacturers Make You Think You're Saving Money When You're Spending It
Maine Innkeeper to Give Property Away to Essay Contest Winner
Houston Homeowner to Sell House in $150 Essay Contest
Atlanta Couple to Give Away Goat Cheese Farm
Forbes List of the 6 Top Crowdfunding Sites
news stories which make me think we
prefer to play games with our money
to see what we can get for "free":
How Manufacturers Make You Think You're Saving Money When You're Spending It
Maine Innkeeper to Give Property Away to Essay Contest Winner
Houston Homeowner to Sell House in $150 Essay Contest
Atlanta Couple to Give Away Goat Cheese Farm
Forbes List of the 6 Top Crowdfunding Sites
your pocket is full of pennies of smile,
ReplyDeletenever be empty, never be fragile,
just following the steps you have already taken,
rhyming my words, resiling my smile.
Beautiful. I love the idea of smiling pennies in my pocket. :)
DeleteI've fallen into the custom of always paying with plastic. So I almost never have change in my pocket. Which comes in handy when other people are asking for my change.
ReplyDeleteStraight down the drain... Absolutely.... That's where the scavengers live, down in the bowels of the sewage section of our economic system.... :)
ReplyDeleteMoney never stays bin my purse. Always a family member "has to have " something . Money down the drain alright...
ReplyDeleteSee my words at:
gramswisewords.blogspot.com