A ha'penny accosted a Pound
and picks a fight for it was feeling maligned
' you Pound is worthless, you're nothing'
The Pound looked at the ha'penny benignly,
it understands the inferiority complex inherent in ha'pennies
'Who do you think you are ?', continues our irate ha'penny
I am going to degrade you, I will punch you and devalue you'
'That ain't going to happen' say the pound quietly
Wait and see, croaked ha'penny struggling with apoplexy
'I will call out all my mates and we will sort you out'
'Oh dear',  says the Pound in mock horror
how many mates do you have?'
'Over a thousand mates. I tell you big lummox', replied ha'penny
'But titch, says the Pound, with an indulgent smirk,
you'll still be just be a thousand ha'pennies just as I'll still be a pound,
isn't that so?'.
'Yeah! you think you are better than us, but we are more than you'
raged ha'penny, 'there are thousands of us'
BUT, intoned the Pound,' I am worth more than you and will always
be worth more than you.
I am neater, more valuable and more socially adept not to mention
classier and will always be more useful and wanted'.
The pound continued, ' hey! small stuff, even ten thousand of you,
is nothing but an undesired inconvenience and an irrelevant happenstance,
Who in their right mind is welcoming to ten thousand ha'pennies,
they'll just be bagged and lugged away to a safe or Bank
or perhaps to that gambling arcades at Fair grounds.
See what I mean ha'penny, one or ten thousand
just a common ha'penny
With that, the pound tipped his hat and glided away
Red faced and shaking, ha'penny slinked in usual obscurity
muttering
'Come the revolution, just wait, come the revolution'