I'Ll Always Pick Up Pennies
"See a penny, pick it up, the rest of the day, you'll have good luck.
See a penny, let it lay; bad luck you'll have all the day." (a proverb
from my childhood the way it was recited to me by my mother)
I’ll always pick up pennies from the ground.
If I chance to see one lying there,
It’s an easy thing; I just stoop down.
I’ll take that copper coin from anywhere!
If I chance to see one lying there,
whether on cement, the dirt, or floor.
I’ll take that copper coin from anywhere!
It matters not if I am rich or poor.
Whether on cement, the dirt, or floor,
that coin I will pick up, for mother said
it matters not if I am rich or poor,
And what she said still echoes in my head.
That coin I will pick up, for mother said
to take it means good luck for all the day.
And what she said still echoes in my head:
I’ll have bad luck if I just let it lay.
To take it means good luck for all the day.
It’s an easy thing; I just stoop down.
I’ll have bad luck if I just let it lay.
I’ll always pick up pennies from the ground.
For RHONDA & CYNDI'S PENNY PANTOUMS Poetry Contest
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