Daily Cascade

Books

Prompt: Words
Hope your Thanksgiving was everything you needed it to be.
Please use these words in your entry today: bargain, disaster, bookstore, groceries, walk, chocolate, and peanuts.


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Books

those simple joys in life, they keep me warm
no simple storm ever can steal their charm

like today, I *walked with my spirit high
just to pass rows of stores where goods could lie

with treasures and *bargains, as if a game
but an ancient *bookstore did call my name

so I now picked books in spines of gold
edges worn with many-a-tale untold

as if tasting *chocolate, rich and deep
and scent of *peanuts roasting, just to sweep

me off my feet; yet, when I left the store
it was squalls, rain, and life tested me more

a *disaster, no less, my patience was worn
"no *groceries now, for my wallet's torn!"

I clutched my books since my heart would be fed
still I could laugh and then, press ahead

books with joys of fancy keep me warm
and no storm today can steal their charm