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You might call this the 'Dark Side of Light Verse...'

Stop and Plop

At a certain diner I often stop
  It's super cheap; they serve such slop

Afterward, a broom and a mop, 
  Then on the pot 'til there's a plop
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Cheney Avatar
May 16, 2021 at 7:02 AM
I think I may have visited this diner once or twice as well. A moving poem if I ever read one.
Hankins Avatar
May 13, 2021 at 2:25 PM
Hmmm...I was thinking it was "Stop and Plop!"
Romios Avatar
May 12, 2021 at 7:08 PM
GERSHON! Such delightfully honest imagery and humor. Thinking of you, Pangie xx PS.,was thinking of the old Stop and Shop at Six corners in Chicago,decades ago! -)))) doubt it is still there. It was in the basement of a huge Sears!
Wolf Avatar
May 12, 2021 at 7:15 PM
Ha, ha! I honestly was trying to think of that store's name (Stop & Shop) while I was writing this ditty, but couldn't come up with it. Thanks for the reminder... And as you predicted, the Stop & Shop is long, long gone, while the Sears went down about two-plus years ago. It was the last Sears in Chicago. An era passed. O.K. Thanks for the encouragement, and take good care! Smiles, Gershon
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