AI - Amy Ingram
Amy Ingram, who lives next door,
like nobody, you've met before,
always talks with a whirring sound,
and walks an inch above the ground,
all mechanical that's for sure.
She reopened the hardware store,
mending microwaves and mowers,
AI hope for our run down town,
Amy Ingram.
Red capped residents, soon got sore,
said "this ain't our town any more",
but some of us stuck to
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Categories:
hardware store, anger, discrimination, future, people,
Form: Rondeau
Bernie's Hardware Store
The wooden floor wore
decades of dust.
Near the doorway
brooms grew out of a fire bucket
and bloomed in an odd
array of heads. A pile of coir mats
lay stacked in a wheelbarrow,
all chorused in a WELCOME.
Bernie's store was a haphazard
sprawl of hardware stuff
and followed no order at least
by any stretch of logic.
Hammers were paired
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Categories:
hardware store, love, memory, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Hardware Store Versus Coronovirus
I work in the retail sector
and everyone's gone mad.
It's really very amusing.
It's really very sad.
Toilet paper and sanitizers
have flown right out the door.
Though everyone is asking
we've no idea when we'll get more.
The face masks of every type
are hoarded like they're gold.
Even the ones for dust or painting.
But those hoarders can't be told.
The painters and
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Categories:
hardware store, satire, sick, work,
Form: Rhyme
Who Stole the Hardware Store
Getting back to plaintiff's grip
I wasn't guilty is my quip
the newest Model on the floor
a flagrant entry of encore!
And littleness became the store
that when a tiny bolt could score
available, but now the door
is only open, them, not for!
I guess employers have a knack
of keeping help, most out of whack
their lives conditioned to a lack
not service,
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Categories:
hardware store, motivation, stress,
Form: Monorhyme
The Hardware Store
The hardware store's a dying breed
As big box stores invade.
They used to have just what you'd need,
Each item U.S. made.
But now they face a growing threat
'Cause though they're down the block,
Most people hit their cars to get
A wider choice of stock.
You need a hammer and some nails,
A spatula or strainer,
Home Depot's got it - never
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Categories:
hardware store, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Down At the Hardware Store
Flapping in the wind
A sign hangs near the front door
"LEAF BLOWERS ON SALE"
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Categories:
hardware store, sea, seasons
Form: Haiku