Kure Japan

I am 66 entering the
Kure department store
Looking for a few pairs of
Panties for my wife who
Has forgotten to pack
Panties other than
The one extra
Pair in her
Carry on
Bag.
I try to
Find a salesperson
Who speaks English but
With no luck so I wander around
On each of the first four floors
Until I find the lingerie area
Where two young ladies
Approach me to help.
Neither speaks any
English so I point
To a pair of
Panties.
They
Ask me
What size in
Japanese to which
I hold my hands close
Together and shake my
Head no then much wider
Apart and again shake my
Head no after which I
Hold my hands in between small and large to indicate medium
To which both young ladies
Laugh a good deal then
Bring me two pair at
A cost of $40 each
Which I buy to get
Out of the store.
Back at the
Ship my
Wife tells
Me her friend got
Her four pair of cotton
Briefs for $20 so I
Feel pretty
Dumb
But
I
Did my
Duty and she
Likes the two silk pairs
I got for her though
Her dementia
May erase
From
Just whom
She got new
Panties.