First off, I've been an utter failure with making 2012: Year of the Poem. I've gotten a few pretty good ones, I'll admit, but highly doubt I'm anywhere near the 366 I wanted. I'm so far behind, I might not even add them up.
And I haven't been doing all that great at reading poems after every book I read, either. Part of that's because I've had to slog through all my reading. Part of it's because I forgot, though. Yeah. To be fair, the forgetfulness happened because it was November and I was excited about starting my annual re-read of O! Pioneers.
Last week, I went to the grocery store...I forget why, exactly, but I had an experience there. I started composing a few lines about it to post as a clever little facebook status, but then I got long-winded. So I'll put it here. As with most all of my other poems, it's open for title suggestions.
(This is the raw version, the one mostly scratched out in my car......at stoplights....of course....)
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After finding my own peace of mind,
I went to the store, and what did I find?
My energy gels in flavors galore!
And then books were on sale,
So I picked out four.
One for my roommate,
And then three for me.
(It's abou ttime we put up the tree.)
And then right there, at the end of the aisle,
Was the perfect big gift
To make my Secret Friend smile.
All of these things I was so glad to find.
And after all this, I was still glad to find
When I went up to pay,
There was not a line!
She scanned half my things as I dug through my purse,
'Twas then that I saw things turn for the worse.
My wallet--have mercy on me!
My wallet was gone--oh, where could it be?!
I scoured my memory, then left like a jerk,
For my wallet, I realized, had been left at work.
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