Originally posted 10/28/2005.
you say she keeps turning up in your life
like a bad penny,
forgetting that
if a bad penny
has been beaten
by time and trauma,
it will pull your fingers
to your pocket
far faster than a good one will and
if your bad penny
is made of something other than copper
it will be warmer to the touch so
you will guard it
far longer than you would
any good penny;
you’ll keep it, show it off,
dream of it, cry if you lose it,
die with it on your mind.
Dark Matter 
September 29th, 2014 at 4:44 am
Reblogged this on poetry, photos and musings oh my! and commented:
Once again, Tony speaks to me on more than one level.
September 29th, 2014 at 4:43 am
In my mother’s mind (Narcissistic Sociopath) I was always the bad penny. This speaks to me in many layers.