Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

A Penny's Worth

If thoughts are worth a penny
(Which was once the going rate),
Then those folks who haven’t any
Should just bide their time and wait.

If we factor in inflation,
What we think’s worth so much more
Than the age-old application
Of that passé metaphor.

Still, no matter what they’re paying
To express what’s in our head,
There will still be some displaying
Merely emptiness instead.

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Gershon Wolf January 20, 2019 at 1:03 PM Great poem to introduce an Economics 101 lesson on the difference between price and value! Love it! :) gw

Rico Leffanta January 16, 2019 at 7:35 PM With American teachers spending 6-hours per day in Elementary School classrooms containing 55-students, it is no wonder at all we spend 20-30 minutes in a queue to pay a cashier with minimal reading/math/comprehension skills, so we are still getting about one penny's worth! Well said, again! Aloha! Rico

Connie Marcum Wong January 16, 2019 at 6:52 PM I remember when a penny acually had value. I still treat them as if they do. Wonderful Ilene! : )

Robert L. Hinshaw January 16, 2019 at 4:26 PM Wow! You said it all in this very insightful verse, Ilene! Thx for your comments re While America Sleeps. It could also have another connotation I reckon since most of America sleeps while things are going to hell! Take good care - Bob