If you go to the shop and say <br />I'd like to procure some thoughts for today <br />And the shopkeeper says we have thoughts on sale <br />That will make you weep and make you wail <br /> <br />Leave those thoughts sitting on the shelf <br />And buy some other ones for yourself <br />Thoughts that may concern simple pleasures <br />Are beyond a priceless measure <br /> <br />There are countless thoughts in this shop for sale <br />So why pick the ones that make you weep and wail? <br />Rummage through those until you will always find <br />Thoughts that are of the uplifting kind <br /> <br />(Sydney, Australia - 2005)<br /><br />Alessandra Liverani<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/thoughts-for-sale-humour-inspiration/
