Attention, shoppers! Sometimes simply settling can be
unsettling indeed.
The
Woes of Just-So’s
Why do we settle for things that are cheap –
For mystery burgers and panties that creep,
For cars that don’t last and for colors
that weep?
We purchase the worst, buying junk that won’t
keep.
The trouble has nothing to do with the tag.
The price, ever dear, give us no room to
brag.
To
pay, we must all be halfway in the bag,
As quality flees, making shopping a drag.
The whiz-bang computer has gone on the
fritz.
A hot, spiffy gadget is giving us fits.
But let’s hit those sales with a fresh
buyers’ blitz.
C’mon now, perhaps we have all lost our
wits.
We’ll pull out our plastic and frown at the
bill.
We may hem and haw, as we fill up the till,
But come back next week to revisit the
thrill
Of purchasing junk to send on to Goodwill.
Our new shoes, though stylish, sport
skimpier soles.
The latest in blue jeans boast pre-shredded
holes.
And yet, savvy marketers hold the controls.
How can we not notice for whom the bell
tolls?
c2012 by Linda Ann Nickerson
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