I Bargained With Life For a Penny. My Wage

I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty score.

For life is a just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.

I worked for a menial's hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have paid.
Jessie B. Rittenhouse


Yesterday's the past,
tomorrow's the future,
but today is a gift.
That's why it's called
the present.
- Bil Kean