Orchard Road
Here we go around to explore bargains,
This downtown shopping brings sure encounters;
We loiter these grounds with mindset laid plain,
Leafing and breezing through noisy clutter.
We take our sweet time to look and enjoy,
No need to hurry to snatch and to grab;
So many wares rhyme in such greedy ploys,
Credit woes worry if craze floods mind map.
This consumer fad in wrong appetites,
Tempting stuff parade to linger lust plain;
Shopping spree gone mad with blistering bites,
Uneasy charades to bolster fond gain.
That old Hamlet thought provokes and prolongs:
"Buy or not to buy" springs daunting question;
This stuff costs a lot and temptation's strong;
Then firms a sure sigh to flee persuasion!
We tarry a while to ponder anew,
Consider our cares and measure need or want;
Let sanity style our subconscious cues,
Then with steady fare, settle the undone.
So hear happy heart skip free and shop-hop;
No need to spend more than the basic intents;
Discern how to start to enjoy each stop;
Indulge not a cent in spending content!
We come to seek out the things that we need,
Buy only the stuff that suits our lifestyle;
Ignore the sales shouts that funnels our greed;
Wit procures enough to forge a fond smile.
Downtown Singapore we explore new malls,
Seek out new treasures, breeze from store to store;
Browse surprise galore in offers that call,
Glass display measures that advertise more!
Leon Enriquez
06 Apr 2014
Singapore
Copyright © Leon Enriquez | Year Posted 2014
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