There will now be a short Intermission.
Our Sales Staff will be in all parts of my Webpage selling: Choc- Ices , Soft drinks and Pop Corn.
For so it was as I walked through the Aisle,
That cheap local store for my daily bread,
Unmoved by the signs of 5 percent off,
Now ‘Saving you Money’ baloney-rot,
I then turned the corner and there you were:
Standing , looking at something on a shelf,
Engrossed in a product with Its Tacky embroidery of script and bloated claims.
I opened the meeting with: ‘Hello there’,
Not being the Original of Coves,
But still I will beg the Jury’s pardon,
For I never was Don Juan, Or Jerry Lewis’s ‘Nutty Prof’ after a swift drink.
‘Well I haven’t seen you in a long time’,
So she’s missed me I fool myself to muse.
And then we talk above the cheap Muzak,
My Eyes And Ears only for her alone,
And I listen to her voice; hers, just hers;
No warbler on high or greeting ‘Hello’ from the other patrons nudging past me.
She smiled every now and then with bright eyes;
Make a Priest run screaming to Confession .
In time we said our ‘Goodbyes’ to depart.
And I was left there amongst ‘Uncle Ben’
And Ten-Varieties of lowly Soup.
My Brief Encounter In Aisle Number 6.
Next time I went, I looked down that long Aisle:
Though nothing but the products awaiting.
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Author:
Kevin Hulme (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: March 9th, 2025 19:00
- Comment from author about the poem: An Old Poem: Past Its ‘Sell By’ date . Based on a true story.
- Category: Love
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Comments3
Brilliantly done....I felt that... a memory and regrets from years ago. Slightly different venue , but....
It wasn’t a Railway Station , and the Lady in Question a Miss C, Johnson by any chance.
Thank you for Reading.
Brief Encounter? I enjoyed that in its time - Your's is more relatable.
Close encounters with a potential and a near miss. A fun read
Thank you. ‘Close Encounter of the Third kind in Aisle 6’ would be something a little different.
Happy you enjoyed it.
Usually get a clean up spill on Aisle 6 🙏🏻🕊️
Then best to store the Kitchen Towels and Mops In Aisle 6 to save time. Thanks for reading.
Bright idea there! Spill kit has a new home. 🙏🏻🕊
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