I want to tell a story
It might make you laugh
Happened quite a while back
When I was just a lad
It shows how savvy
those dime store gals were
I spent all morning reshaping
a medal of a saint
Made it look like a dime
It took a lot of twisting and filing
Finished it around noon
Then off to the candy counter
at the local five and ten
A dime’s worth of kisses, please
When the bag was handed over
I paid with my “ten-cent piece”
Just out the door I heard “Hey you”
I ate one piece before I was busted
She showed me my medal
Oh, I wondered where that went
amazed at the discover
I must have lost my dime I claimed
in my most innocent way
I lost the candy, too
You have to hand it to them
They were pretty sharp
but then I was just a kid
Stanski
December 28, 2019 ^
Steve Haarman 