Small Town Blues

Small Town Blues

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Joe Lewis ran
A home office supply
Store.
In a small Southern
Nothing burger town,

In fly-over country
His customers
Were mostly local farmers.

Many of them were
Die-hard Trump supporters,
Who came to his store
To pick up
Home office supplies.

To fill their staplers.
And pick up
Other essential supplies
For their small businesses.

Stopping off for coffee
And lunch
With old friends.

Sometimes leaving
Their umbrellas open
To dry out.

As they shopped
They talk about
The issues of the day.


March 13 is "Fill Our Staplers" Day! 🥳 It's also National "Open An Umbrella Indoors Day." Who knew? So your prompt is to include both actions - filling a stapler and opening an umbrella indoors - in your story or poem.