May 2.25: Thursday Doors Writing Challenge

May 2, 2025 by Oddment 33 Comments

The corner door

on the corner store —

I’d like to go back

just one time more.

Hardwood floors

and walls of cans,

bins of cookies

for little hands,

paper strips

with candy dots,

tiny wax bottles

with syrup shots.

When I got big,

oh, maybe eight,

Grandma gave me

this mandate:

Go to the store,

get five lamb chops;

you can get there

in a few skips and hops.

George the butcher

will know what’s best.

Say please on account;

he will do the rest.

With admonishments to manners

stuffed in both my ears,

I’d head on up the block,

older than my years.

George in his white apron

understood that “Grandma said”

was my special sacred mission

in smiling nod of head.

The grass that grows there now

is rooted in the lore

of little girls and grandmas,

lamb chops, and corner store.

 

 

Posted to Dan Antion’s Annual Thursday Doors Writing Challenge

With thanks to Katy Trail Creations for the photo.