I am the penny, that stays on the ground.

The hits just keep coming. LMAO I am even sick of reading these crappy, dark. poems. It the only that flow out of me,

I'm the penny, that stays on the ground,
People step right over me, like I wasnt around.
Shining in the sun, waIting to be found.
You walk right by, like i was gum on a shoe.
But you'd pick me up if you really knew.

I was poorly minted, they made a mistake,
They didnt put enough copper in me. I'm a fake.
I'm not worth alot of money,but I am rare.
People look at me and even stare.

No one wants me, it's just my fate,
As if they stopped to pick me, they might be late.
Maybe if I was a quarter, they would have time,
Those rough edges seem popular, I've scratched up mine.

I lay by the curb, passing the time
Thiinking of an old nursery rhyme.
The rain and storms have tarnished me brown
Now it's hard to see me, laying on the ground.

A pocket full of change, I will never know,
That's just the way it was meant to be,
I guess so

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[Pete]

this is gold. i pick them up. my mother taught me. if you pick up 10 you've got a dime and so on. often times the best things are right under our noses and we don't see it or do and ignore it because we're too busy searching for blank checks.

[D. Mansfield]

Thank you pete

[Ern M. Yoshimoto]

D. - you aren't a penny, you're a million dollars!
this work was quite endearing though. i think we've all felt like a penny on the ground, something of so little value nobody even bothers to bend down and pick it up. dont i know that feeling well. all my life i have been cast aside or disregardered for one reason, or no reason. and i feel like that's my lot in life. i have come around to more or less accept it.
but a poet is a priceless artefact. not everyone sees the value in it, but those who do will treasure and guard forever.

[D. Mansfield]

I read these after writing them and it just sounds like whining. I look at it like this, if people are all so shallow then I don't want to be around them anway, I've gotten pretty comfortable in my own company