Lucky Penny"Lucky Penny"One time when I was walking to the corner storeI found a penny in a puddle laying on the floorOld Abe was looking especially lonely soI picked him up and continued on the goAt that moment it never occurred to meThat what I was holding was a lucky penny!And the reason to which how I knowWas that moment when I hit the elusive lottoMy jaw dropped; I was at a loss for wordsTo think a penny could bring luck was absurdBut i kid you not; when I walked out of that storeThe skies were blue; the power restoredSee, this town had been without electricity for weeksAnd I too had gone on such a hunger streakCrossin
SomedayJane and Ellis floated parallel to one another across the vast canvas of space, eyeing the marble-like planets that slowly crept past them. Their skin reflected the starlight with a dull orange sheen. Ellis had called it 'planet gazing,' an activity he apparently thought suitable for a date."Do you see that one below us?" Ellis said, pointing to a round blue mass.Jane shrugged."Isn't it beautiful?" he asked. "I'll bet it's beautiful on the surface, too. Like the way the dust begins to spiral when a star is forming.""Something like that," Jane said. She didn't understand his excitement. Planets were nothing interesting. They were just