The shelves for bread
are straight ahead
as you come in through the doors.
The shelves for cakes
and other bakes
are behind the petit fours.
The shelves for teas
Are near the cheese and butting on the jelly.
The shelves for sweets
and sticky treats
are above the vermicelli.
The shelves for flour
are some what lower
not far from the kitchen cleaners.
The shelves for rice
are by the spice
behind the semolinas.
You have to forage
to find the porage,
the shelves are next the floor.
Go down ten paces
past the bootlaces
and seven up from the door.
The shelves for spuds
washed off of muds
(thought often there’s a dearth)
are by the caulis
and next to the trolleys
and the spuds which still have earth.
The shelves for greens
and tin baked beans
are rather far apart.
I must have missed
them on my list.
They were by me at the start.
The parts for trouts
and packaged sprouts
are in the freezer clutter.
And with the bread
you need the spread,
that’s by the fat free butter.
The shelves for yoghurt
and food for dog ought
never be found together.
The shelves for soap
are near, I hope,
where I saw the window leather.
The shelves for bread
as I have said,
are where I saw them last.
They’re not in the clonk
of the shelves for plonk,
three times already passed…
The shelves for sultanas
and ripe bananas
are always straight across.
You’ll notice them
when you get the crème,
then proceed to the dental floss.
and while you’re there
on the shelves for hair
you’ll see a good shampoo.
And don’t forget
To pack a set
of articles for the loo.
Three hours thus spent,
A wondering gent,
is no way getting stronger.
Just grab detergent,
there’s a call that’s urgent
and I can’t be shelved much longer.
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