Sunny’s summer
...I just finished Face Timing with Sunny, one of Lisa and my roommates.
She’s an edgy half-a-laugh, and I can’t wait to see her in person.
Sunny’s a slipa and a seductive gadabout - this poem is abou...
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Categories:
salesgirl, character, confidence, crazy, culture,
Form: Free verse
Rue Saint-Honore
...It's the weekend (Friday night). Lisa and I are hangin’, music’s playing, and we’re rummaging through my suitcase, for an outfit option, for me, tonight. Call it cliché, but we like going out - and g...
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Categories:
salesgirl, fashion, friendship, fun, humor,
Form: Free verse
Candid Camera
...Fat Santa sneaked out of the shop
With bags full of sweets and a cake
The salesgirl screamed out: “Call a cop!
That man dressed as Claus is a fake!”
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A Funny Ch...
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Categories:
salesgirl, christmas, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Bernita the Bolivian Cougar
...LAUGH IT OFF
BERNITA THE BOLIVIAN COUGER
BERNITA SHUFFLES OVER TO THE MAKEUP COUNTER, WITH GLASSES SLIDING OFF HER NOSE AND EYES PINNED TO THE SALES GIRL LIKE A TAIL ON A DONKEY. " I'D LIKE TO ...
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Categories:
salesgirl, humorous,
Form: Narrative
Strings Attached
...In many bakeries today
A cake is gently placed
Within a box that’s crisp and white,
A sign of class and taste.
But lately tape is used to shut
The top and keep it closed
So to the outside ele...
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Categories:
salesgirl, appreciation, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
The Hat
...The hat was quite a stunner
With a huge and fancy brim.
An older woman tried it on,
It seemed like on a whim.
The salesgirl was encouraging,
Declaring it unique
And certainly, the wearer
Wou...
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Categories:
salesgirl, clothes,
Form: Rhyme
Weird Or Stupid
...I locked the door, I'm pretty sure I locked it.
But in the early morning it stood ajar.
Memory lane - I came, I smiled, I grasped the handle
and drew it shut and..turned the key...SURE I SHUT IT...
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Categories:
salesgirl, fantasy, imagination,
Form: Free verse
A Gal From Orygun
...Bought an extra supply of stuffing
Cause certain gals keep squeezing it outta me
Don't get me wrong, sure not complaining
Bought some on sale at Target
The stuffing department was...
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Categories:
salesgirl, humorous,
Form: Narrative
Limerick: Once a Salesgirl Who Sold Silk Stockings
...Limerick : Once a Salesgirl who sold silk stockings
Once a Salesgirl who sold silk stockings
Eyed a man who fingered the linings
Stockings stuck on her legs
Made-to-fit wooden dregs
Kept stoc...
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Categories:
salesgirl, humor,
Form: Limerick
My Almost Orange Hat
...I wandered in the hat store
And there it boldly sat –
Bedecked with bright white flower –
A cheerful orange hat.
Once on my head, it beckoned,
Quite jauntily, indeed,
Attracting more attention
Tha...
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Categories:
salesgirl, happy, loss,
Form: Rhyme