When the penny drops

Do you ignore it? It’s only a penny after all. Mere one cents or a dollar. Do you hear it? Where does it go? Does it roll away? Is it face up or down?

Do you care? Are you one cent richer or poorer?

What does it mean?

Will you take out a piece of paper, eraser and pencil to work it out? It should be easy enough. Only one cent after all?

But perhaps it was the coin that kept the door ajar. It was the one cent you needed to buy the one dollar lottery ticket that couod win you many millions. Or a cent to pay for an exquisite meal.

Or a cent holding you back. The one small ounce that broke the camel’s back? The one cent that you don’t need in your purse full of dirty and useless change you carry with you but cannot be used.

When the penny drops, do you chase after it, or do you let it go?

I am choosing to work out the problem to see whether the penny should stay or go