Have I Got a Deal for You

An encounter with a Sidewalk Vendor

Have I Got a Deal for You

 

By Elton Camp

 

On my way from parking lot to store

There was a man I’d never seen before

Wearing dark glasses and a checked coat

He beckoned to me with a demanding note

 

His jacket he held open so I see stuff inside

“Come over.  Have I got you a deal,” he cried

“I owned a jewelry store, but it was shut down.

On the remaining stock is the best price found.”

 

It was several shiny things that he wished sold

“Why each of these items is real 24-carat gold.

And all of these great gems that you can see,

That they are flawless diamonds I guarantee.”

 

The costs he quoted were so incredibly low

So I decided that with him was the way to go

I bought a gold ring, the finest I’d ever seen,

But after just a week it turned my finger green