Festive Fun!
Yesterday Lesley and I did our first day of traditional Christmas shopping in Leeds. We have done most of it on line or purchased bits and pieces when we were out and about. Yesterday was back to how it used to be. A list of people who we still needed presents for with only a vague idea of what to buy them. Well we spent ages just circling shops aimlessly viewing some items three or four times until eventually settling on something, often out of desperation, taking it to the queue at the till. I suppose this chaos, on a Monday, was due to us waiting to go shopping after it was starting to get too late to order on line.
Anyway here’s today’s poem inspired by the whole experience;
Festive Fun
Panic buying in the precinct
Last minute Minnie’s
That’ll do Dereks
Rushing, crushing
In between
Squeezing through
Crowded aisles
Nail files, three for two
Flannels, face masks, funky fart machines
Stuff that’ll instantly gather dust
Re-gifted to someone unsuspecting
Last minute Minnie’s
That’ll do Dereks
Women fuss over scent
For “our” auntie Alice
Men that couldn’t give a toss
Want it over quick
Hot stuffy shops
Make you feel sick
Tag wrestling at the till
Bloody plenty on the list
Still!
Last minute Minnie’s
That’ll do Dereks
Why for heavens sake
Didn’t we do it online
Tucked up at home smug
Hot mug, glowing fire
Watching episodes of the Wire
Now we’re freezing, cold, broken
Surely we can get a book token
Last minute Minnie’s
That’ll do Dereks
Cash, contactless
Chip and pin
Head thumping
In a spin
Finally the deed is done
Battle worn, knackered
Needing some
Festive fun!
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