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Worth Every Penny

The CD player only plays what it wants to play.
I'll have to hum my top ten.

You can strum along if you like.
The neighbors, however, frown upon that sort of thing.

Amateurish, I've heard them say.
So be quick about it

and we'll get back to work
restacking remainders

before anyone's the wiser.
It's all a wash, anyway.

Trees shed with nary a whimper.
Geese gaggle overhead.

A stream meanders under a curious sky
depositing the results of an exit poll along the bank.

Apparently, warm milk is only one of many secrets
to a good night's sleep.

Others will be revealed
on the six o'clock news, and again at eleven.

But before you fly off the handle to 7-Eleven
with the last telecommuter on earth

can you spare some pocket change for my cello lessons?
You always said music was worth every penny.