Practical Penelope got up at Dawn to catch a box of  tissues on sale at K-mart to hide her grief at losing another , these men didn't really understand her .
Practical Penelope used paper plates twice , bathed once a week , and walked at night , window shopping , searching for Mister Right , picking up pennies to go in a bank , save up for a spool of thread to **** a sock , and make amends , to father , mother , strangers that scoffed at her for being such a mess , in public even , pushing a cart and picking up papers to write a list , a note about a few lost friends , a diary you might call it , precious thought , neatly folded in a brown paper bag , a reminder for tomorrow for practical Penelope would be on the loose , looking for tin cans and bottles , things that were shiny , walking to work but never finding it , making notes , marking her trail , with gum off the street , wondering , thinking out loud , where are lovers hiding ......