Long Superstore Poems

My Best is at Rest.
This is a tribute to my Lifelong Best Friend Katrina.

My Best friend/Sister has passed on from this life.
She lived a life of love. To know her was to automatically love her....

Read More

It’s dreadful, a disaster, it’s a terrible calamity
Housewives going frantic for the thing they seek but cannot see
Supermarket workers helping those who shout the most
Try their best to find a jar of spread to spread...

Read More

To the man who shouted at me 
One morning on my way to the gym:
‘I’d like to be like you!”

You want to be like me.
You want to be me.
To take me just like that.

You want...

Read More

Schwegmann, Winn Dixie, the Superstore and more
Customer service was instilled indeed in you for sure
You hungry so you pull up in the drive thru
Welcome to McDonald's, how may I help you?

Baskins Robbins, oh so sweet
Brownie...

Read More

I have to make my living on my friends
                        My enemies contribute...

Read More

PICKLE PARTY

The pickles were having a party
In the superstore one night.
The manager was home in bed
So they knew they were all right.

It was a singles party,
Each looking for a mate.
Someone to share a jar with
Until...

Read More

Why are the sea gulls shopping here,
if not for "White Stag, No Boundaries" or 
"Faded Glory?" Is there some other story? 
Coffee, tea, or you, or just practicing beach 
and gray-sky calls over concrete, carts
and...

Read More

Measure you may the enviro-crusader’s carbon footprint
As he globe-trots piling credits on his obese carbon profile.
Never mind, in exotic locations on eco-holiday does he relax,
Ready is he to depocket valuable dollars as carbon tax.
Lavishly he...

Read More

Why are the sea gulls shopping here, if not
for "White Stag, "No Boundaries." or "Faded Glory?"
Is there some other story?  Coffee, Tea or You,
or just practicing beach and gray-sky calls
over concrete, carts, and Handicapped...

Read More

The Frozen Turkey Incident
                   (Absolutely True Story)

       One day whilst shopping...

Read More

I always considered you littered my home,
Small knickknacks adorning overcrowded shelves.
The marble statues you bought from lovely Rome,
I leave them there, a memory of ourselves.

And in gay Paris, you just went mad with joy
Those miniatures...

Read More

Whither the true gentleman who holds the door open for a lady
  Whither the noble scout, escorting an elderly matron 'cross the street

Whither the friendly officer who greets me as I pass him on...

Read More

I Am A Waiter

     “I am a waiter,” the man said to me,
     “ I wait in a restaurant serving luncheon and tea.”
    ...

Read More

Needed help walking
Was in a superstore
Sister spotted a buggie
I looked and said. Noooooo

But she insisted 
Because of the pain
Well, i did, guess what
Will never do so again

Just a front and reverse
Oh i forgot, plus a horn
She...

Read More

LITTLE BO PEEP

Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep
And doesn’t know where to find them.
Leave them alone and they’ll come home,
Bringing their tails behind them

But, after a week, they hadn’t returned
So she notified the police,
Who...

Read More

IT’S SIMPLE, SIMON

Simple Simon met the pieman,
In the superstore.
He asked how much, the pieman said,
“Two pounds twenty-four.”

“They used to be a penny,”
Simon said with indignation.
The pieman said, “Since this was written,
They’ve been subject to inflation.”

Simon...

Read More