ANGELA & BRIAN

๐Ÿงก THE CORNER STORE ๐Ÿค AN ACROSTIC 3 6 5 SONNET ๐Ÿ’™

 

AMERICANS  are always fascinated by our small & compact & Open All Hours Corner Stores ~ some of which have operated on the same site for hundreds of years. There always used to be a tortoiseshell Cat sitting on a Sack of Spuds ~ butter as in a great slab & cut and wrapped in greaseproof paper and sugar weighed into a paper bag. Now they are more hygienic but less fun !  There was always time for a chat with other Customers & the Boss ! I an strange way COVID 19 has given them a bit of a boost !    

 

T heres always a Corner Store ~ in every little  

H amlet in the UK.  It always sells .......

E verything !  But they are a dying breed.

 

C orner Stores survive by always being

O PEN ALL HOURS ~ when other Shops SHUT ! They*re

R un now by the PATELS ~ Who live in a .......

N eat Flat ~ behind or above the Shop ! This

E xplains how they can be ~ OPEN ALL HOURS !

R egular Shoppers ~ treated like FAMILY

 

S tores like this ~ used to be the norm ~ before

T he Supermarkets came along ~ with their strict .......

O pening & Closing times and Self Service .......

R otating till Staff ~ also Self Check-outs !

E verything at Speed ~ NO TIME FOR A CHAT ! 

 

Thanks for visiting comments welcome ~  Love ANGELA & BRIAN ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’™

 

This Poem is presented as a 3 6 5   Blank Verse Acrostic Sonnet ~ OK