Memory Stamp

a dinosaur amid digital funds

i enter The Bank

pennies rolled in my pocket

passbook in my purse

it amounts to little

in or of interest

     but

if their digital data dives

down into
oblivion

i have my
paper passport

to not enough money

to pay for much of anything

     anyhow

stamped on
the pages

is more the
memory of money

of entering
The Bank

passbook in hand

peered at by tall tellers

    who

welcomed allowance in but not out

deposited
not debited

not even for
that very special

something

saved up for

weekly plus pennies accrued

over time in miserly interest