coupons

they

started to charge for birds twelve copecks
and you got a free automobile
two more and someone would sing you a song
while you lay in bed

or they

would try to sell you peeks
at the moon
it started as just a fad

but soon everyone was doing it
it was on all the networks
it was on facebook

deary they would say
(through the wifi)
ghosty-like

if you just eat this plastic spoon
with jello on it
we will get you a free
coupon

for twenty five big macs
we will sell you a vacuume cleaner too and even
throw in
your

life such
as it has become.

Reviews

[Mockingbird]

it's a succinct commentary on today's culture. we're buying what they're selling and that's all there is to it. what are you gonna do? insightful poem.

[Penlady]

Excellent!

[Desert Dreamer]

There is no logic in this culture of consumers. I really like this poem, it makes fun of this silly society we live in...I wish I could walk away from it, especially at this time of year when so many have gone mad with a shopping frenzy.

[SkinlessFrank]

i like the back-asswards logic in this, the nonsensical chatter of the airwaves of consumerism and the reflection on what is makes of us

[Hotwater]

Junk mail? it's everywhere. How strange this work, you should put it about... read one... get one free!
*bird*