What's This?

As I stroll down the sidewalk nonchalantly, an object catches my attention. Unlike all the other gum stains and pools of water this object doesn't seem to have a purpose. The gum stains lay there for the eye to catch and compute what it sees; a gum stain. The pools of water lay there in wait to catch our foot and soak our shoes, socks and feet. They lay in waiting to be jumped in by small children. Perhaps these items also have no purpose, but never mind that. This object seems to have little purpose, if any. I'm worried that I'm the only one who notices this object, but around the object a crowd gathers to see what this thing is. It's small, copper in colour. On one side a man; on the other a building in which a man sits can be seen at further investigation. I stare at this object. Oblivious to the fact that this is indeed a penny. My years of struggling ended at the site of this penny. The world went in reverse and I flashbacked to the beginning and flashforwaded to the end. With a shudder I forgot the inaminate object and made my way down the sidewalk.