Roll up your scratched bronze copper mints
and conceal them tight in pirate’s trunk
there'll be no more shuttling for any brass zinc
in the great white north where they’ve been furloughed
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Oh la la pennies gone as extinct as d dinos! Why u r awesome creative kevin! I enjoyd dis kinda sarcastic poem esp d stanza where u meant 'piggy banks undrnourishd tummys'. He he u r fun to read even if u giv me language exercise. Thnx n regards.
We too got rid of copper 1 cent and 2 cent pieces and the government made millions in scrap copper. A great tribute to the retired and decommissioned coins, with just enough humour and thinly veiled contempt to bring balance and common cents.