Village Square

[flemmings]

A poem for rasetsunyo, now with added Canadian content™.

I had a penny,
A bright new penny,
I took my penny
To the Village square.
I wanted a dragon,
A little red dragon,
And I looked for a dragon
'Most everywhere.

So I went to the store that sold organic vej'tables
("Only seven dollars for three heritage tomatoes!").
"Have you got a dragon, 'cos I don't like vej'tables?"
But they hadn't got a dragon, not anywhere there.

I had a quarter,
A round and silver quarter,
I took my quarter
To the Village square.
I did want a dragon,
A little baby dragon,
And I looked for dragons
'Most everywhere.

I went to the store that sold fair trade coffee beans
("Only twenty dollars for a pound of green Peruvian!").
"Have you got a dragon, 'cos I don't want coffee beans?"
But they hadn't got a dragon, not anywhere there.

I found a loonie,
A shiny gold loonie.
I took it in my hand
To the Village square.
I was buying my dragon
(I do like dragons),
And I looked for my dragon
'Most everywhere.

So I went to the store where they sold fine saucepans
("Two hundred dollars for Le Creuset ware!").
"Could I have a dragon, 'cos cast iron's heavy?"
But they hadn't got a dragon, not anywhere there.

I had nuffin',
No, I hadn't got nuffin',
So I didn't go down
To the Village square;
But I walked in Chinatown,
Tacky old Chinatown...
And I saw little dragons
'Most everywhere!

So I'm sorry for the people who sell fine saucepans,
I'm sorry for the people who sell green coffee beans,
I'm sorry for the people who sell organic vej'tables,
'Cos they haven't got a dragon, not anywhere there!

Comments

[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

*claps hands* how delightful! I need to go down (to Chinatown that is) and investigate as well.

Also yes Le Creuset pans ... an arm and a leg, maybe an organ or two as well, depending what you buy! I don't actually own any, but I put some money towards a fondue set for someone's wedding present, and recently I bought on of their grill cookware for my sis, who put up so kindly and tolerantly, us all when we stayed with her at my Dad's place over the holidays. (when the in-laws were here)

Reads again. It's totally delightful!

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Le Creuset... shudders. Any old cast iron is just as good, really.

[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

that's the thing, here it's become very vogue to have heavy based pans. I managed to snag of my mum's old pans from when she moved to a smaller place. But nowadays all they sell in the shops are the le Creuset's and it's ilk, which cost all about the same range. *sigh*.

I make do with my $5 woks and pans from Chinatown.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

And I use my Mom's old cast iron fry pan as well. Also a Teflon one from the dollar store because iron's a pain to clean.

[incandescens]

Awesome. :)

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

I thought I'd changed all the rabbits to dragons, but evidently not. Hope I've done so now.

[incandescens]

I think you have them all now!