MARKET FRESH

MARKET FRESH

Shopping at the Supermart

Is most convenient.

It’s clean and tidy, neat and bright

And money quickly spent.

Fruit and flowers and vegetables,

Pasta and sauces and more

But the Market’s the place for me

Of this I am so sure.

I love to walk up and down the aisles

To look and smell and taste.

Exotic fruits and vegetables ~

It can’t be done in haste.

The fragrance of coffees, cheeses and such,

Onions, cauliflower, broccoli and more.

Ginger and mango, passionfruit and peaches

Some brought from a foreign shore.

Garlic, tomatoes, strawberries fresh

Cucumber, lettuce and peas.

Beans and radish, celery and cabbage

Herbs to enhance the flavour of these.

Carrots, zucchini and parsnip and pumpkin

Apples, bananas and purple aubergine.

Pineapple, watermelon and pawpaw

And grapes that are purple and green.

Continental meats and salamis all strung

And hanging in a row ~sliced as you will.

Bacon and ham from the bone, sausages too

Many little treats for all to taste at will.

Every kind of fish you could imagine

Cutlets, some filleted and some whole.

Prawns and crabs and crayfish

Octopus and whiting and some sole.

Chicken and turkey, pheasant and quail

Exotic poultry such as you please.

Kangaroo and venison ~

An acquired taste for these.

Sweets from England and Indian teas,

Spices and tastes so sublime.

Cashews and peanuts and pecan nuts too

Coffees from a distant clime.

Cakes and tortes and delicious gateaux

Pastries and such sweet delights.

Chocolates, and candies and jellies and toffee

All part of the wonderful sights.

So when I visit the market I like to take my time

To drink in the sights and the pleasure.

The aromas and fragrance and sounds

I store these in my memory treasure.

Visiting the market with its hustle and bustle

Is like a world tour to me. I journey and I find

That I can tour distant shores and places

In the Market of my Mind.

© Linda J. Vaughan