40 Cents

..can go a long way

remembering those days...those mornings

that I stood 
at the bottom of the stairs

in the kitchen

at the door

sitting 

in the car
on the stairs
at the table

hoping

I

got 

the 

40 cents

must sound absurd now

to wait

want

borrow

beg

for

40 cents

but its not 

there 
I

was

a 

little girl

waiting

wanting

borrowing

begging

for 

40 cents

One quarter...One dime...One nickel

Just like that...always

reduced

lunch..