Waste Not. Want Not.

Half an apple, small piece of bread.
We were cautioned all the time,
Save a little here, take a little there.
Never waste a  dime.

And grow we did.
Strong and sometimes tall,
The Waste not -Want  not - strategy
Didn't seem to hurt at all.

 We're older now, and
Times again are lean.
Looking back - we wonder how
Our mom could be so keen.

Count your pennies,
I hear her say,
Waste not - Want not -
Is the rule of the day!