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Ticklefingers
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Posts 710
Louisiana

0 posted 2015-11-21 12:54 PM


if I had a nickel to spend,
I think I'd place it in my pocket
and keep it there warm and safe

its not enough for everything
but its more than I thought I'd have
after all, a nickel is pure
many of the things it could buy aren't

a nickel, if cared for is pretty
if it isn't, then it may not be

a nickel has two sides
each unlike the other
one side for your sister
and one for your brother

it's fun to share a warm nickel
I hope I get one soon

She told me "play one for your supper Danny and maybe you'll get breakfast".

© Copyright 2015 Danny - All Rights Reserved
Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
1 posted 2015-11-21 05:54 AM


Waaay back in the day when I was first married we used to say we were so poor that if boat rides were a nickel, we could only run up and down the shore saying, "Ain't that cheap!"  ~L
Pete_W
Member
Posts 185
Scotland (UK)
2 posted 2015-11-21 07:02 AM


Lots of warmth in this poem. Enjoyed.
Thanks
Pete

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
3 posted 2015-11-21 08:39 AM


Ahhh . . . Love this nonsensical bit of musing, Ticklefingers very much.

~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236
Eternity
4 posted 2015-11-21 11:00 AM


Very nice! In recent days - I don't know why - several one-cent pieces were picked up by me from the street, they shone like gold! It looks like people really don't care if they lose "a nickel". I always remember a quote I heard in my youth "Who does not appreciate the "little" isn't worthy of the "much" ...

Even if you call this "The lighter side of life" the involvements are quite serious anyway, no doubt.

Margherita

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