by lil

Today's writing prompt is inspired by ButterflyEffect's poem "It's 3 am, I'm Drinking". With his permission, I copied his first stanza and riffed on it. I thought it might be a country song. My version is not finished. Please add a few stanzas or begin your own "Heaven is ___" and see where it takes you. Edit: Still tinkering...

Heaven is a corner store

That went out of business

Thirty-three years ago

But nothing has changed.

First the customers dwindled

What it had, no one wanted

Magazines

Smokes, can of coke

I thought they’d convert it

to some kind of bistro

With maybe an apartment on top

But it sat there, all locked up

No owner - no reno

Just a sign saying

"Life is a joke."

Back taxes were owing

There were roaches in the storeroom

In the corner, a bucket and mop.

I saw in the window

an old bust of Elvis

and a poster of one raging pope.