ALWAYS CHANGE

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prices bound</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>that always ends with nines.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>From Zero-nine to ninety-nine,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>the cost is so arranged;</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>that what it means is what it deems;</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>that pennies are your change!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This is a trend I wish would end,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>the one that deals with "change",</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>the copper kind that builds with time,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and yet, no value claims.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>A special change the "Feds" should make</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>is do away with pennies;</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>for everybody's gracious sake</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>the pennies must diminish!!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>If all the pennies in the mint</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>were melted into pipes,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>it would save the trouble spent,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>the headaches and the gripes!</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>For pennies often load us down;</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>our pockets always fill;</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>they're everywhere they can be found,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>'cause everywhere they spill.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>They come and go in overflow</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>in every cup and jar,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>down in a vase, in some suitcase</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and floorboard of your car.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>In pocketbooks or dining nooks,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>the sofa and your chairs,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>in all ash trays, in window bays,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and even on the stairs.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>On table tops, not-mentioned spots,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>these pennies all have lain,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and they'll stay in all our way</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>until this trend has waned.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>It would suffice and be real nice </B></div> <div> <B>to round things to a dollar,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>'Twood be no "change" to tax our brains</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and be the trend to follow! </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>William E. 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