Vance Oliphant, General Store</head><body><center><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.com/p1.gif border=0 alt=Saviodsilva></center><hr color=3C00FF size=4><br><font size=4 face=arial><b><a href=47.htm>Vance Oliphant</a></b></font><br><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.net/poem/a/1.JPG border=0 alt=Poem></center><br><font size=3 face=arial><b>General Store</a></b></font></center><blockquote><blockquote><p align=left><font face=arial size=2><b>Just down the road.....around the bend,<br>Stood the general store, for folks withmoney to spend.<br>A pot bellied stove, a cracker barrel,<br>A pickle jar and family apparel.<br>There was sugar,flour and garden seeds;<br>Penny candy and bright colored beads.<br>There were colorful bolts of calico,<br>For all the ladies who loved to sew.<br>Boxes of tea; coffee to be ground,<br>And a variety of canned goods wasusually found.<br>There were hammers and nails..nuts andbolts.<br>Even halters to fit those frisky young colts.<br>There was syrup and molasses by thepail,<br>And plenty of wire when there was hay tobale.<br>Binder twine, pitch forks....everything onewould need,<br>When oats, wheat and barley had gone toseed.<br>Gloves with two thumbs, used for pickingcorn......<br>One just switched to the second when thefirst became worn.<br>Scoop shovels,spades, rakes and hoes;<br>There was always a need for one ofthose.<br>There was usually a neighbor with a taleto tell,<br>Who always found time to set a spell.<br>Cash and carry was the usual creed,<br>But there was always credit in times ofneed.<br>Twas the department store of days goneby,<br>But ever so slowly it began to die.<br>That general store was a much neededfiend,<br>Just down the road... around te bend.</b></font> </blockquote></blockquote><hr color=0000ca size=3><center><font size=2 face=arial><b><a href=http://www.isavo.net/poem/sk3.htm>This Poem's Index Page 1</a><br><a href=http://www.yensa.net/poem/sk3.htm>This Poem's Index 2</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com/poems.htm>Poetry Website</a><br><a href=http://www.saviodsilva.com>Saviodsilva</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com>Isavo Site</a></b></font></center><SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript SRC=http://www.saviodsilva.org/r/fantasy.js></SCRIPT></body></html>