COMBAT PAY

 

Unless it’s for a slingshot fight
I’ll take one thin dime over two fat nickels.
It’s worth as much, four times as light.
So except for in a slingshot fight
(though slinging coins is not polite)
the dime’s more economical.
Unless it’s for a slingshot fight
It’s one thin dime for me, not nickels.

JD Frey--March 21, 2007
 

 


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