Friday, March 06, 2009

CXXXII - If I Owned a Store

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One Minute Writer had a topic called "Store"
"If you owned a store, what would it sell?"
This originally was intended to be to the tune of "If I ruled the World"
But, as so often happens, it drifted away.


If I Owned a Store

If I Owned a Store
Every shelf would hold the loveliest of things
Filled just with the produce that the season brings
There’d be hot bread and slices and cinnamon rings

If I Owned a Store
There’d be all sorts of vegetables, tied up with twine,
And spices and condiments, arranged in a line,
A cheese room, of course, and a cellar of wine.

If I Owned a Store
Every customer would be my very best friend;
There’d be lots of real coffee, and not the pretend;
And jars of confectionery in rows that don’t end.

If I Owned a Store
All the fittings would be fashionably antique,
The paint would be aged and the floorboards squeak.
It’s a lovely idea but I’d be broke in a week

If I Owned a Store.

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© J Cosmo Newbery
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19 comments:

  1. That was awesome. Truly.

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  2. If you owned a store like that
    I'de have to move to Australia

    We've no stores like that around here, and it'd be a good reason t'meet ya!

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  3. I love this! WT's great grandparents really did own a store just like this one in the pic.

    http://willowmanor.blogspot.com/2008/05/ralph-and-ruths-retail-railroad-romance.html

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  4. Do you sell Brussels Sprouts?

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  5. See I think you'd be rich, because I'd shop there and tell all my friends, who would tell all their friends, You would then have to expand!

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  6. I feel fortunate to have found your blog. Thank you

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  7. If you owned a store we'd be there every day:)

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  8. If I have a store, then I put one-third of goods sold, one third throw, and spent one-third of myself. LOL.

    Health is the Greatest Happiness & The World at The Present

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  9. Whoa J. Cosmo! I. Love. This. Poem.

    It just floated up and created the picture in front of me...just magical. Very well done.

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  10. Mate if you owned a store, I would live in it.

    Coffee, Cheese, Wine.

    Best friend to every customer though?. You wouldn't want to spread yourself too thin.

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  11. Aww... that was lovely! What a great store that would be...

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  12. What a great poem and what memories J cosmo. I remember stores just like that when I was a girl, maybe no wine cellar but there were cheeses which the store owner cut for you and wrapped in crisp paper,the aroma of freshly picked fruit and vegetables none of this cold storage produce.
    My Mum and I would just go with a basket and she would buy what we needed from the great selection of goods...friendly service, a much simpler time. ♡

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  13. Open that store, cause we will all be back for more...encore, encore!

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  14. I would so shop in your store! But yes... you would be broke in a week.

    And I don't know if I've told you this lately, but you are a poetic genius! : )

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  15. Do you sell Tupelo Honey ?? Might have to be imported ...

    lola
    x

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  16. If I owned a store, it will be a bookstore with nice reading corners..and with plenty of unique, hand-made postcards..a place so cosy people may just come to read..and you may find me digging in the books too..with no sales coming in.

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  17. You'd probably be too busy to blog. Then you'd be scratching your poems on butcher paper like Thomas Wolfe... and whoops... they'd be out the door.

    "I'll have a couple of chops with a rondeau, please..."

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  18. Lola: No, I don't even know what a Tupelo is. And, please, be careful where you call me "Honey".

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  19. Hi! People have commentophobia on my blog too! (Over from SITS contest day) I love this poem. And is that a Shorpy photo? I LOVE Shorpy.com!

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