Dear Merchants (Limerick)
Dear Merchants (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
It’s Black Friday — you want us to shop,
To spend all of our money, non-stop.
But I won’t spend a dime
Cuz I’d rather spend time
Writing rhymes I could trade. Care to swap?
Tags: Black Friday, Department Stores, Holiday Humor, Money Verse, November Holidays, Shopping Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor
I have a rhyme or fifty I can trade
So much better than the fake sales they made
Black Friday is a crock
Yet nutso people still flock
“Ma’am, our prices will bring you to tears,
And our service will drive out your fears.
Take this Lexus! I say,
If you buy it today,
You’ll be paying for forty-eight years.”
Many people bought presents today,
waited in lines making sure to save.
But I don’t have the cash
even with prices slashed.
So, all of our presents are homemade.
The reason that Friday is black
Is that shoppers (alas and alack)
Will all bare their souls
Those very black holes
When they go on “one-half-off” attack.
Thanks Pat, Matt, Jess, and Edmund for your fun verse!