Drip

Drip Drip Drip
A drop here and a drop there
They all add up, without any flair
Drip with a penny
Drip with a nickel
Drip with a quarter
Drip with a dollar
Over and over
This is how
Poets one day
Become rich enough to write and stay
With time to think and time to ponder
How mathematical compounding is such a wonder
Math and science and philosophical notes
Fate and destinies become very mote
We are, what we are
We will be what will be
With a little education
We can become more free
So I kiss the artistic mind that one day
Taught me compounding is here to stay


Notes:  A DRIP = Dividend Re Investment Program, often offered by 
Big companies to allow the small investor to accumulate shares in a company.

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Arthur Vaso

Date: 6/12/2014 9:17:00 PM

I shall drown in a happy place then! Thanks Andrea

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/12/2014 12:06:00 AM

awesome poetic message here, Arthur. We all add up to a huge beautiful ocean of poetry.

Arthur Vaso
Date: 6/12/2014 9:18:00 PM

ops posted in wrong place!!! I shall drown in a happy place then! Thanks Andrea

Jayne Eggins

Date: 6/9/2014 8:49:00 AM

Well done and as Dave says very clever, I loed it...love Jayne xxx

Jayne Eggins
Date: 6/9/2014 8:50:00 AM

loved*

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 6/8/2014 1:51:00 PM

- Arthur, this I like - well done :) - Thanks for your faithful reader of my poems - (I have not had time to "soup" this past week. - Have a nice Sunday :) - oxox // Anne-Lise :)

Arthur Vaso
Date: 6/8/2014 11:29:00 PM

Thank you so much Anne Lise, its always a pleasure to read your works!

Lucilla Carrillo

Date: 6/8/2014 12:25:00 PM

Great write. I was lucky to work for a Co. that allowed us to buy shares. After I left everything changed, but from a child I was taught the value of a dollar. Thanks for sharing... Lucilla

Arthur Vaso
Date: 6/8/2014 11:30:00 PM

Thanks Lucilla, having some Scottish blood I always knew the value of a dollar!! LOL

Robert Lindley

Date: 6/8/2014 8:17:00 AM

I as a child bought my first bicycle, gun for hunting, and as teenager (18) my first car by saving every spare coin until the desired goal was reached.. Love this write and it is informative as well as being well written!!!! Kids today are not taught this often enough.. Bravoooo!!!

Arthur Vaso
Date: 6/8/2014 11:31:00 PM

Seems even adults and governments today are not! Thanks Robert :)

Toquyen Harrell

Date: 6/8/2014 7:39:00 AM

Ha, it sure adds up. You may discover that you are rich one day, Arthur! Or maybe you already are, lol. Great one, I like it.

Arthur Vaso
Date: 6/8/2014 11:32:00 PM

I was poor, now I am rich with all the kind words from all of you!

Paul Callus

Date: 6/8/2014 5:38:00 AM

Every little bit counts in life. Thanks for the footnote...it did help. [Several years back we had a water problem in Malta and we were urged to save every drop...a slogan that seems to have worked.] // paul

Arthur Vaso
Date: 6/8/2014 11:32:00 PM

Thanks Paul

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser

Date: 6/8/2014 2:19:00 AM

i love the two ending lines.. :) i find it endearing... :) and with the free line prior to it...................... :) as here in writing we can be totally free to express.. :)

Arthur Vaso
Date: 6/8/2014 11:33:00 PM

Thank you Olive, so you like lines? :)