SHE CRIED IN VAIN
Succumbing to her impulses
and scorned by passing pious heads
her make-up by her tears despoiled
she bowed her head and stood there still
she’d travelled far, her quest now foiled
in hunger’s hold, outside the store
she cried in vain
for Argos doesn’t sell chow mein.
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Michael Edwards (
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- Comment from author about the poem: For those in any doubt Argos is a chain of catalogue stores across the UK
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Hmmm reminded me of the chap who went to McDonalds to buy a spare tyre (tire in usa).
Eventually he got one.
Nice comment Dusk. Many who eat at McDs have a spare tyre - never eaten there myself. You'd have to wheel me in.
I did go into a burger bar the other week for breakfast as there wasn't anywhere else to go. Ended up with a disgusting concoction wrapped in paper - never again.
Aww, why they not sell chow mein?! Miss Berles know how to make it?!
Miss Berles is woking at it - she wan numer thir ee four.
Some keys missing on your keyboard M - the 't' and 'b', and the 'r' sometimes too? Confucius he say: 'It's all confusion to me; I ain't got the foggiest idea about anything!' Fat lot of use he is!
He did come up with one piece of useful advice but now redundant in times of central heating and flush toilet systems: Swinging chain denotes warm seat.
Number 34 - Singapore noodles - best dish at our local Chinese take-away - never as good anywhere else.
I only posted a hymn-poem the other day with tune name 'Song 34'. Dunno what the other 33 tunes are. Or maybe like cars, etc - fancy names - Mini 101, Mini 201, etc.
an unexpected twist, but I get the gist... A lovely image.. what is it called..... Neville
Thanks Neville - I called the painting Sincerl.
Nice.. very nice.. N
Those evenings are not getting any darker yet! Did Cyn (Cynthia) Serl do the painting?
No it was Guss Serl - he was an Al Coholic - his favourite guzzle was gin with Ton Hic who runs the Chinese take-away..
Such a shame, should have tried Specsavers,
Fabulous art work Michael, fabulous.
Or Vision Express where my daughter works Thanks so much Andy.
sometimes i don't get the British humour, so I won't comment
Ah but you did spell humour correctly - British Humour doesn't seem to transport - it can be quite subtle at times and less obvious than in-your-face humour which can often fall flat on our shores.
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