Antique Lore, Part 2/

There’s a magic feel to the Ancient Shoppe
spicy aromas of a bygone age,
as dim memories that will never stop
sepia photos spilling out from the page.

You look around slowly with eyes so wide
look around but you must never touch
As the goods are magic and more beside,
the price you pay may be too, too much.

You choose with care the Goods you require,
choose as a moral bargain is struck
As the Shopkeeper knows it will never expire
As an unwary shoplifter alas tried his luck.

None doth know where the light-fingered one went,
none doth know if his life was forsaken,
only the Shopkeeper knows and he won’t relent
the Shopkeeper senses if anything is taken.

Penn …2023

Link to Antique Lore if you missed

the first warning episode….Penn.🦋

Hedging Your Bets, …

“Are you ready to meet your maker? ”
I heard the voice say,

It gave me quite a shock

so I didn’t answer straight away,

It made me think & ponder

about things I’d yet to do.

So, I still held my tongue,

well really, …

wouldn’t

you?

Penn…2023

The Plan, …

“Come in, sit down, let’s talk over your plan”

So I sat, listened to the strange little man.
He seemed unfazed by my frowning face

his cheesy grin fixed, glued in place.
My Plan was effective, surely no doubt.

The Plan? 

For me to know & you

to

never

find out.

Penn…2023