Over in the Garden Mary asked us to write a poem about a pet peeve. I alright knew what I was going to write about. I hate shopping, when it is crowded, people reaching over and around you and not saying excuse me. I call big box stores the ZOO! Well, after shopping the past two days and Frankenstorm coming...well, it is absolutely a madhouse.
*photo via here
*photo via here
grunting, snorting, whining
I hear them on my path
in the big box forest
long arms reaching
limbs extending
above n' below me
searching...
relentless n' rude
faceless zombies
their gaze void
as they search
like a war is coming
and water is not being
rationed
but it isn't a war
but Frankenstorm
bewildered confusion
watch your step
in the greenness
aisle 6 is the worst
lunges of disruption
as bags of candy
are tossed
and children scream
like Slender man's
cousins
they keep reaching around me
haunting me with their
long limbs
grasping over my head
and through my arms
I wish they would keep
their
limbs
to themselves
and
leave.
© Ellen Wilson
Comments
Perfectly done!
K
http://perainopoetry.blogspot.com/2011/10/wal-mart.html
Good write!
Hope you are taking care of yourself~
Mary-Thank you! You know it...I swear people reach over my head. I'm not very tall and around me. RUDE...drives me nuts. I was asked if I was an Indian, yesterday. I know I have some in me...so I said, "Yes", lol.They told me I look Cherokee? Thanks Mary...yeah, I am worried about flooding and losing some trees~
Alex-I know, I have left before! Christmas shopping is mainly online. My daughter asked about Black Friday today...eeeewwww!
Audrey-I think we could start a support group! I'm glad I'm not the only one~ I do like to shop, just not when it is crowded~ Thank you!
Heaven-Thank you, I am! I bet there are a bunch of us, that feel this way~ Glad to know I'm not alone :D
Mary Ann-Thank you! Yeah, it is like a Zoo! I actually call it that, lol!
Sandi-Thank you! Nice to know I'm not alone ;D
Bradley-I totally understand! Thank you for sharing :D
Kay-Thank you! Wow, I'm amazed how many of us feel the same way~ ;D
I hear you! Though I must admit, when I was trapped on Adak Island I couldn't wait to get to a big store...couldn't wait to be in a mall. I was trapped on an island 1500 mls from the Alaska coastline. I was living on a large shaky rock(16 earth tremors a day).
Now, different story, lol.
Sherry-Yes, that will do it! I know think of Faiza ;D
Be safe,
abby