Short Stories and poems

Penny Dated From 1906

Grab an old penny,
Dated from 1906.
What all has it saw
in its time in circulation?
Where you spent as a
"Dear John" letter
from a lady named Jane?
Did some child buy candy
thinking that it would be dandy?

Who all has held you
Penny dated from 1906?
Were they an honest one?
Or where you stolen by a criminal?
Some politician in Office
or a beggar on the street?

Just what all have you seen,
Penny dated from 1906,
until fate somehow
sent you to a vending machine
when I got you in a handful of change?