it was odd shopping at sainsbuys
without her
she would suddenly disappear
and a game of
peek a boo - hide 'n seek
would ensue
hovering by the ice cream freezer
spellbound
he looked at her weakness
finally realising
there would be no sale today
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dusk arising (
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You’ll find me by the cheese counter!
Its odd the things which stop us dead and jolt our thoughts to where they must travel for our own sanity.
This is one of them great little sad reads I like so much .. clever, well crafted and easily relateable to too sir.... N
Came to mind reading someone else's piece this morning. Just jolted it out. It must be true for so many ppl in many variations of my Sainsburys here. Thanks Neville, appreciate your kind words.
you are more than welcome DA...
Conjures up such a great, albeit sad, scene.
But its a good excuse for buying an ice cream which i prefer anyway.
Do you recall those awful blocks of ice cream between cardboard wafers?
Michael.... that was 1937... i'm only 67. lol no i don't.... i remember small rectangular lyons made ice cream in greaseproof or similar paper which the shopkeepers would drop into a rectangular rather than circular cornet...
I always looked like a lost puppy....
Too many choices....I just walk on by! Very cute poem....and oh so true!
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