by Gary Maclean
Inside My Wallet I once had a bulge on my hip So large that it made my pocket rip I tried to remove it so I could peruse it but all I could reach was the tip I worked at my effort for a bit I wanted that bulge t...read more
by Erin Knight
Inside my wallet A red velvet lining Stitched with perfection It's radiant and shining Inside my wallet A vast array Of family photos All on display Inside my wallet Change rolls around When opened up It fal...read more
Inside my wallet You'd be pressed to find A dollar bill Or one thin dime A "starving artist" Yep, that's me A paid writer I long to be I toil and bleed For no pay But I must do it Anyway For inside my wallet Y...read more
Inside my wallet I still keep the dime The one that my parents told me To remember to keep all the time The one that I would need If I did a bad deed And needed some help in my day As the years have passed me u...read more
Edges all tattered and old, What treasures does it guard and hold, My faithful billfold. What treasures does it guard and hold? Photo of my car-it was towed. Pictures of my family by the boatload. My faithful bil...read more
by Lisa Miller
Inside my wallet I cannot remove The pictures, snapshots just of you A face so pure, so lovely be Hard to believe you belong to me Inside my wallet I still hold on I cant believe youre really gone Unexpected way...read more
Inside my wallet is a picture of her, All tattered and torn, All faded and worn. Inside my wallet is a picture of her, Smudged by teardrops falling like rain, As I whisper to her a sweet refrain. Inside my wallet...read more
by Kenn Allan
IN MY WALLET Photographs of family faces Discount cards for silly places Memos smeared to inky traces Coupons, lint, and trash Credit cards with use exceeded, Names and numbers long unneeded, Tickets from those ...read more
by Todd Meikle
Inside my wallet is a schematic for my entire existence. The obligatory children's pictures. The all important credit cards. The money, never much... maybe twenty bucks. There is a check stub, a golf score card, a...read more
by C. L. Craven
I once had a wallet, but now I have none Too easily lost when I'm on the run Outside of my purse is a compartment just right It holds all my cards and it zips up real tight I once had a wallet; I left it somewhere ...read more
Inside my leather wallet I have treasures on display Tucked deep inside the plastic walls Where other cards once stayed I've put them all in order Alphabetically, they're placed Yet each one's just important With ...read more
Stuffed in corners of my wallet And corners of my purse Are words of wit and wisdom Quotes, poetry and verse Jotted lines I've thought of While riding on the train Evidence of life and love Triumphs and of pain ...read more
The inside of my wallet Is nothing much to see, For there is not so very much That e'en belongs to me. Perhaps there is a dollar, Perhaps a larger sum, But of a truth I tell you, 'Twill go more than did come. ...read more
by Manal Ali
My mother gave me a wallet, Just before she died, Tatty and torn it was, Inside that wallet there lay a thousand pages, Only one with true meaning, I read one everyday, It taught me life's lessons, One for each an...read more
In My Wallet A penny and a nickel A quarter, maybe two Then there are some greenbacks No I am not through For far beneath the surface Lies a message of great worth That tells about my history From the beginnin...read more
Inside my wallet is something I would say. I saved up a wad of money then spent it in one day. The money I had with it's very good scent. Is now gone forever because it's all spent. I do have money is what I'd say. Bu...read more
by Lucy Rucker
Inside my wallet Inside my wallet is, or was my life's plans. There is a picture of my dog, sitting on my couch, as always waiting for me. There will be one credit card over my limit, of course, ...read more
by AMERICAN MAN
~=PRISONER=~ The last time I opened my wallet in faith to my government hatchet I found myself inside it I can't get free In the envelope I find little hope that makes my truth my commandment of just truth ...read more
Genuine leather, expensive indeed A wallet like mine is what you need I take it everywhere, it's convenient for sure My mother liked it, even got one for her Inside my wallet, full of money of course I'm in the m...read more
by Jon Coe
Inside my wallet, it is disorganized, and not very clean there's the odd piece of pocket lint, and a grubby fold of green There's tattered pictures of children, now all in their prime and there's gift certificates from ...read more
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