It’s a terrible shame
having to kneel
for nickels and dimes;
a pittance to plead
for your pennies
while
greed gives you gold.
I hate this,
my living by waiting
for trickles of funds
from your table of plenty
just hand me a twenty.
Crouching beggar by
Pablo Picasso
A second quadrille with the word Nick used in nickles for De at dVerse
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September 9, 2019
Björn Rudbergs writings 
Loving the rhyme in “nickels” and “trickles,” and those last lines!
Poetic begging. You’re full of surprises today aren’t you? Love it.
You said it.
Beautiful illustration of the art, Bjorn!
as the gap widens more become desperate … great illustration!
Tacoma has 30,000 homeless on its streets; ditto for Seattle. Right after opioids and infrastructure, something needs to done about it.
a comment on the times – well out
A nice variation on the prompt.
I love the alliteration which you also use to create a divide between the two. Well penned, Björn!
A timely missive with an important message! Trickles and nickels, greed and gold. Nickeled and dimed to death, as they say. Excellent work, Bjorn.
Well penned!
Nice Björn . Clever use of the word nick in your 3nd quadrille.
A portrait you’ve penned indeed…nickles and dimes and the value of those, depending on one’s station (or if one has a station at all) in life.