"had To End In Fifty"
Can't be nineteen ninety-nine
or fourteen forty-five
had to end in fifty
to keep the quarter alive!
Oh, that lowly penny
a nuisance to be sure
lately out of favor
and its easy to see why
has to end in fifty
to make a simple buy.
Twenty-nine eighty seven
too much to figure out ...
has to end in fifty
of that there is no doubt.
Inspiration & title taken from Philip Roth's "Everyman"
Copyright © Sue Mason | Year Posted 2009
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