Quarterly Report

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    Quarterly Report

                I saw a quarter on the floor at work today.  Should I pick it up, or walk away?

                 Time was, when a quarter meant a lot to me – in another place, “back in the day.” 

                As a child of the 50’s, with a quarter in hand, to the bus stop I’d run with great adventures planned.

                One nickel for the bus (roundtrip, I might add) and then off to the movies at the RKO Grand. 

                Four nickels for admission with buttered popcorn to taste. 

                Lowell Thomas, the Lone Ranger, and creatures from space. 

                Although I picked up that orphaned quarter with very little thought, the memories it brought me could never be bought.

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    blindmaster commented on Quarterly Report

    08-10-2009

    the 1940's were a great time. before mine but a great time and this poem makes me think of penny's and nickles lying on the ground it is the AMERICAN WAY! Great poem

    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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