(this poem is [in part] about an actual event that, some years ago, occurred in my Western Cow town)
Mummy Goes Shopping
It was a heavy monsoon rain that flushed her down the hill; too long the mummy there had lain— in rags without a thought or will.
But once dislodged by the deluge, the ancient gal soon left her site in tattered garments and some beads; she truly was a sorry sight.
She washed down only yesterday, then flushed into the town's canal that passes through our western town with just one mercantile. That gal,
by now quite stitch-less and ensnared among some shrubs, she rubbed her eyes, gazed at the store's ”Big Discount” sign, and then her eyes grew large as pies:
Oh, all those ladies’ needful things, cute bags and shoes, fine lingerie at discounts—40% off; there was a whole lot more to see--
What woman can resist such deal? Dead or alive, it has appeal.
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~~~~ It is a poem’s absolute perfection that can lead to its imperfection. ~~~~
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