Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, KEEPING STORE, by AMANDA MUTERSPAUGH


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KEEPING STORE, by                    
First Line: Out of the land of 'make - believe
Last Line: Over a bargain -- then it took tact.
Subject(s): Apples; Fruit; Past


Out of the land of "make-believe"
Memories I now retrieve.
When I was only four,
I played "keeping store"
Under the old sweet apple tree.

Those "apples" were dress goods rare,
Their "quality" none could compare,
Those luscious groceries, too,
Were cleverly sold through
The saleslady -- some "debonnaire."

Not only big sales to transact,
But it took courtesy to attract
Old Tige and Lizzie cat, --
They'd invariably spat
Over a bargain -- then it took tact.





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