Shopping in Stores
Sometimes in a store I browse
And other times I buy.
It all depends on what they’ve got
That might just catch my eye.
And even if I fall in love,
An item might not make it
For if I can’t display it,
There’s no reason I should take it.
Today, 3 times that happened -
Two with posters, one sans frame.
I just don’t
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Categories:
stores, today,
Form: Rhyme
People In Stores
People in stores
By Michelle Morris
08/10/2023
People in the store
Moving like zombies
Through aisles and choices
Displays of Western privilege
Marking each step
Further and further away
From the life of those who
Have little to feed their bellies
But much to fill their souls
As they form communities
Who stand together
Surviving and thriving in joy
Whilst people in stores
Buy so many things
That they don't need
Feeding empty
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Categories:
stores, humanity, identity, loneliness, people,
Form: Free verse
The Stores Are Alive
THE STORES ARE ALIVE
(To the tune of “The Hills Are Alive” From The Sound of Music)
The stores are alive with the sound of Muzak;
With carols they play every Christmas time.
The stores fill my ears with the sound of Muzak;
My heart wants to sing every song sublime..
My heart beats with joy at The First Noel
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Categories:
stores, christmas, music,
Form: Lyric
Home, Sweet Home
Some things are painfully memorable,
These are the sweet moments of years gone by,
When we lived without knowing our share,
But you can't buy a ticket there anymore.
I was born under lucky stars
In the house on the corner.
This house is forever filled with dreams
It is like a beacon, cutting through the mist. ..
I remember the street from
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Categories:
stores, childhood, home, poetry, remember,
Form: Blank verse
Discount Stores
People entering Giant Tiger usually have grey hair
It's something to do with the tattered clothes they wear
Bank accounts are smaller
They have dwindling dollars
A mask solves the problem of being recognized there
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Categories:
stores, age,
Form: Limerick
Ban Crowds:Close All Big Stores
A killer has nothing to kill,
if shoppers get a grip, and
swallow the bitter pill!
"Honey, you can't go in
big stores anymore.
Less your are willing to be
another victim on a concrete
floor."
Get off the dang you tube
and shop on line!
Unless you want to be
dispatched to life, divine,
And honey, dragging kids
into a crime scene to be?
I
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Categories:
stores, america, angst, god,
Form: Free verse
Big Mega-Stores and Malls - Small Houses
Big malls and mega-stores, equals small houses,
With Waring spouses,
And children often the losers.
Making cents, not sense,
Politicians talking nonsense,
About skyrocketing rents.
When will the penny drop,
About the way we shop,
So, we can wear collars less hot.
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Categories:
stores, addiction, analogy, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Political Verse
Christmas Already
My feet are chilly, a reminder that winter is right around the bend so take care or yourselves.
Christmas thinking already? Yes, because I was in a department store yesterday, and they had already
Thrown out the witches, ghouls, goblins, haunted houses, and replaced them with fat Santa elves.
If you are dazzled by things red
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Categories:
stores, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
One Can Find Bargains At Goodwill Stores
Slightly used damaged
Goods for resale jobs for those
Who none but prevail
(one can find bargains @ Goodwill Stores)
10/29/17
written by James Edward Lee Sr.
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Categories:
stores, business, career, caregiving, identity,
Form: Haiku
Not Sold In Stores
Are you shy around the guys and don’t know what to do?
A rose without a bloom and you haven’t got a clue.
If you spend your nights wondering why you never grew,
just wishing you would die, then our Killer Bra’s© for you!
There’s so many ways to give you any size and pout.
When you’ve got that special
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Categories:
stores, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Kresge's Five and Dime Stores
I was reminiscin' the other day about times that were more sublime,
And got to thinkin' about those old stores called Kresge's Five and Dime.
I recall browsin' through Kresge's Stores as a lad with Mom and Dad.
There ain't no more Kresge's Stores as far as I know and that is very sad.
There was a Kresge's in
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Categories:
stores, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Nature Stores First
Nature stores first
Mother breast feeds her infants
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Categories:
stores, nature,
Form: Haiku
Dollar Stores
Baubles assembled
By suicidal workers
Somewhere in China.
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Categories:
stores, life,
Form: Haiku
People Who Live Above Stores
People Who Live Above Stores
Morse Avenue,
Chicago
It’s two in the morning
and people who live above stores
have sprung from
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Categories:
stores, people
Form: Free verse
Stores
I'm surrounded by stores from inside and out
and frightened by one when all are in doubt.
Depressed by no money seeing items for sale,
while wanting for everything slowly going stale.
Soon I'll be shopping for groceries again
feeling hypocrisy's end,
while spending my budget all at once
and knowing that death comes again.
New given money will blind me
raising my feelings
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Categories:
stores, people, philosophy, satiremoney,
Form: Couplet
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