Monday, December 13, 2010

Farewell A&P...

So, farewell then
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
(a.k.a. A&P. Waldbaum's, Pathmark,
The Food Emporium, SuperFresh
and 
Food Basics).

Some would say 
that you were caught 
between 
a rock
and 
a hard place.

Others might 
suggest that
you were
just a hard rock
when you needed 
to be 
otherwise.

My five year-old self
fondly remembers 
eating cookies from 
open packages 
on the shelves of your
Confectionary 
Aisle...

But I doubt 
you will truly be missed -
except 
by 
your landlords
and 
creditors.

(With apologies to EJ Thribb aged 110, and Private Eye)