Posted for a variety of prompts:
Easy Street Prompts (“easier times”)
Matinee Muse (“turning the corner”)
Meme Express (“awareness”)
Totally Optional Prompts (“revisitation”)
(On Common Cents and Current Events)
A penny might procure a thought,
If intellect could yet be bought.
And yet, to transform hearts and minds,
We need to change our paradigms.
In many quarters, most intense,
Majority may toss two cents –
Opinions subject to purloin,
Determined by a toss of coin.
Awareness now of simpler times,
When candy bars and tolls cost dimes,
Demands revisitation dear,
For that’s a long way back from here.
Our currency has lost its gold.
Majorities are bought and sold.
We’re turned the corner, past attack.
I think I want my nickel back.
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Clever way to play with currency - I sang this one - it had a little juke box feel to it.
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