Bargain Basement Shopping Diva

5 and 10, a quarter to nine
                            The shops opening up at downtown, Man
                                   Must hurry up and hurry out
                    Get out of Woolworth, Brandis, Richman Gormans
         With a dollar, I would by twenty dollars of merchandise in them days
                      And with 45 cents I would by at Safeway a pound rice
                                           That was so nice
                Goodwill's second hand stores so much so buy and believes in,
                                  I would so much be achieving
                                          Because I AM a...
                             BARGAIN BASEMENT SHOPPING DIVA



written by James Edward Lee Sr

From Celebrate: a Collection of Writings about Women
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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