Goodbye To the Penny

Goodbye to the Penny By Elton Camp Logical argument tells me it ought to go However, I sorta hate to see it become so The penny isn’t even of copper they say And costs more than a cent to make today The coin’s value has become so small Why bother to pick them up if they fall To pockets and purses they add weight To get them in change, many sure hate A single drop of gas one might buy For a piece of candy, don’t even try Nickel rounding comes if they disappear But such a small amount is little to fear But all my life, pennies have been in use That I’d miss them isn’t much excuse In economic reality we have to agree Abolishing the penny is going to be