Long Discount store Poems

The children called Damian into
The foyer to inspect their
Achievement. Damian came
Down the staircase and looked
Around. Pleased with the
Organization skills of his
Offspring, he Loosened his 
Belt. And asked, "what do you
Think of yourselves, you think
You did...

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As soon as I stepped through the doors of the mall
I ran into two old friends John and Paul
They were with two girls the first named Karen
And I think the other girl was named Sharon

I...

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Making my way through the Dollar General hoping to get an economy pack of Thank You cards to send out to all the people who had just given me expensive gifts  

(Not really; I...

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All of a sudden, or not at all.

Love does not roll in with the tide.
Love is calculated, and random.
A steady roller coaster best strap in for the ride.
There is no cushion for the fall from...

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As I awoke to a brand-new day
I asked Him to direct my path
To protect and guide, lest I should fall
And keep me free, from grief and wrath

In haste, I departed on an errand
Forgot - ...

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(Written to the rhythm of "The Things that I Love", if you want to sing along!)

Eating black licorice and cake with thick frosting!
Not doing so many things too exhausting.
Trying out ice creams in flavors galore!
I’m...

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Oval day broke and hunger looking for $5 meal 
Walk into the discount store. Food fossils line the shelves, with beverages stacked in dusty years and bread petrified with mold, hard for two weeks. Jesus...

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I've seen my childhood memories
In broad daylight come and go
What ones didn't fade away
Away they were thrown

From Granddaddy's Carolina farm 
To the old country store
As progress keeps on moving on
While opening and slamming doors 

What...

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i passed by a guy
just the other day
in his hand he held
a sign that read
just hungry
i felt the need to ask my peers
for permission
as i labeled myself
a reborn christian
but i removed this thought from my...

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Yearning to dance, he went
to a discount store with
very little money to spend. 
He needed new old shoes.

He’d been saving to buy beer
that evening, and aftershave,
and a ten dollar ticket
to a singles’ dance.

Loneliness would sometimes
crowd...

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You Won’t Believe Who I Saw at Target

By Elton Camp

I was surprised at who I thought that I did spy
But caught her only out of the corner of my eye

Even with a baseball cap and...

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Black Friday zooms:
A magic poise,
A lusty room,
A greedy choice.


The heat is on:
Buy more and more,
Cheap discount store,
Odd stocks galore!


Wants now emerge:
Watch crazy surge,
Such a mad purge,
That buying urge.


Stores with such stocks:
Crowds push and block,
In mad...

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I’m thinking of the letter “B”
    So close and yet so far
It seems a bit unfair to me
     Let’s stop, reset the bar

We’ve cast the “B” to status,...

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Happily piling in,
The discount store games begin
tis the season to be jolly but
Dont ****ing touch me!-
beneath the holly
I dont know where that mouths been
and look at those clothes!
thrift store threads, what hideous throws!
Clank clonk clank,...

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Multi Billionaires don't know your life. 
And have never had to go without.
Decide whether to feed the kids or pay the rent.
Do a job that they really hate.
Clean damp from the walls and mice from...

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