October 23, 1932
The Copper Penny
Today at lunch my Uncle Benny
Gave me, to spend, a copper penny.
I took it to a candy shop
To buy a striped lollipop.
And while I waited for the clerk
To finish up his piece of work,
I saw 'twas made in nineteen nine
When mother's age was same as mine.
In nineteen hundred nine, or ten
Dear mother might have owned it then
And maybe -doesn't it seem funny
She bought some candy with this money.
Anna B. Royce
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