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Seven Year Old is Shopping

Douglas Blair 1951 (London)

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Mom has me for the weekend.
Dad away on sales
Until Tuesday early.
She splashes her makeup
Tosses her hair
Warms up the car.
Going downtown.
Heintzman’s Music Shop.
Mom’s sort of special place.
Listening Tony Bennett
Mantovani Orchestra
Streisand or Sinatra.
They have listening booths.
Sampling records.
I’m at it too
Oh yeah.
Bugs Bunny, Robin Hood
Huckleberry Hound.
Lone Ranger.
Lotsa fun, my Mom.
And ice cream soon, I think.
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Written on January 09, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 436
Words 85
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 21
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Douglas Blair

Blogging poems since 2008. Once a lawyer in general practice. Then 32 years as Shipper in a heavy metal fabricating plant. Retired 2022. Married and father of two. Poet. Hiker. Harmonica Busker. Gospel enthusiast. Photographer. http://shootdempix.blogspot.com/ more…

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