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SHOPPING poem
by Richard L. Provencher Shopping is a shuffle of aged movement. Overweight purse in hand the gray-haired lady on a mission of necessity, her sidewalk activity like painted strokes up and down King Street, Ridout, Main steady arthritic march to Derringer's Meats downtown Hamilton one destination for her shopping menu inside business as usual, dark German chocolate, right price chicken thighs and 12 grain bread, browses the aisles for other good deals, selects crinkly packages and an avalanche of food for her pussycat, then races the push cart to her apartment, a desperate "Meow" awaits. Richard L. Provencher 2008 Richard enjoys writing poems; many of which have been published in Print and Online. He and his wife, Esther are also co-authors of stories and a print novel. They are "born again" Christians and very busy in their church, Abundant Life Victory International, in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia. Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |