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which poems are these lines from
1. From creamy kegs this clever chap
2. I told him worlds i knew
3. A silent cigarette
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CONSUMER
COMPLAINT
When I was young - say, three or
four -- I was not put to ride, astride,
A trolley round a Super Store.
Nor wheeled between the loaded
shelves
Fromwhich the shoppers helped
themselves,
Nor did I dare to raise my voice
Demanding goodies of my choice.
No! I was lifted on a stool
My dangling, gaitered legs to cool,
Bidden sit quietly - 'Not a word!
Nice children should be seen, not
heard!
Hatted and veiled, and also seated,
My Mother was with deference
treated.
Our Grocer - (apron, bow-tie, wax
moustache)
Was all attention to her pleasure,
Gave his opinion of the weather,
Touched civilly on this and that
While pouring sugar on to flat
Thick squares of paper - fold and
twist,
Tuck in the corners - who could
wish
A neater package? Then to hold the
thing
He made a finger-loop of string!
(No smart machine to snip and snap
No sealing tape - or plastic wrap!)
From creamy kegs this clever chap
Sliced off two pounds of butter!
Slapped
And shaped it with a wooden pat.
Intricate scrolls of red and gold
Patterned tall cannisters and told
What brands of tea were stored
within.
Biscuits from an enormous tin
Were weighed out, loose, in paper
bags ---
(Oh how frustrated, now, I drag
At layers of cellophane that snag
My finger nails!) ---
----Straw-boated butcher in his
shop
Of hanging carcasses, would slice
the chop
That took one's fancy ----
Oh! for hours
One could compare the Now and
Then! ----
Murdered by customer-protection
men
Those gracious days will not return
again.
C. Marjorie S
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