This Japanese fella posts on Twitter/X. I like how he writes about America, so I may occasionally post on my site. I’m not fond of embedded posts, so I cut and paste.
NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依
@japan_nobunaga
A small dish of trust.
A little dish of coins by the register.
“Take a penny, leave a penny.”
No lock. No guard.
Just honor.
I added three coins and bowed to it.
Someone had to keep the balance.
A cashier asked if I was okay.
The dish is safe, I told her.
“It’s just pennies.”
She has no idea what she’s protecting.
I carry a pouch of pennies now.
Not one dish runs dry on my watch.
In America, a dish of coins is left, and trusted.
Who decided that? I’d like to thank them.
