By the counter of the candy store
several small rumpled heads
are jumping up and down in joy.
They hear the store keeper's tread.
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(continued) ...to MyPoemList. but YOU are contributing to my tired 'computer eyes'. Stop tempting me! ! i used to get penny candy at a little store an easy walk from my boyhood home, AND at another little store across town, and across the street from my K-2nd grade school. (to continue) ..
, this is good. the poem. i used to especially enjoy black and orange ones. not so much the green, red, or blue, i think. i'm more a Halloween guy than a Christmas guy. Easter and Halloween were 'good' for getting jelly beans. AND chocolate! Trick or Treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat! [someone else made that up..........years ago, not me] i arrived at your poem in a VERY ROUNDABOUT WAY. in any case, i'm glad i found it. it is delicious! ! (to continue) ..
(continued) .. i guess i got money from my parents. i did not shoplift like, YEARS later, my younger brother told me he did. HE grabbed cigarettes (cartons!) and other high end stuff; he may have started with penny candy, the delinquent! ! ! bri ;)