Just My Less than Two Cents

[deckardcanine]

A penny for my thoughts, you say?
I wish the penny’d go away.
It costs ‘bout twice as much to make,
And cheaper metal might just break.
Show me any modern store
Where items cost a cent or four.
Many people won’t bend down
To pick a penny off the ground.
Most machines will not accept them.
Shoppers often wish you’d kept them
‘Stead of taking time to count
An overly precise amount.
Since other nations said goodbye
To their small coins, I must ask why
We cling to ours, espec’ly when we
Safely ditched the old half-penny
Back when it could buy more stuff
Than dimes today can. Had enough?
Thanks for hearing what I think,
But you can keep the penny (wink).

[Note: By semi-popular demand on Facebook, I have agreed to write a poem each week from now on.]