Coupons
Coupons arrive most every day,
Keep the Post Office going, I say,
As for me I throw them away,
I can’t afford what I’d have to pay.
For the catch is you have to spend the rest,
Thousands for a new roof or a driveway at best,
Or you get an extra can if you buy a case,
$10.00 windows washed so you can see your face.
You can landscape your yard with new LED lighting,
For $100 less than you can gather to pay
Oh, there’s one I can use for a hamburger
If I buy a shake and French fries just today.
But for families coupons are great,
To wash the car, to get free steaks,
With cute little extra wallets for carrying,
Don’t let ‘em get old or they’ll go to expiring.
Now there are exceptions to the rule,
I buy groceries – I am no fool,
So these are just general observations;
Don’t get mad at this humble narration.
It comes natural.
To want to save time as well as money.
We incur convenience.
Readily available to what we long most.
It occurs quite often.
The constant clipping and saving.
In search of the best deal.
Not taking into consideration that we might be short changing ourselves.
The shredding and discarding of things we don't use.
The big brand we call love.
Thought to be so expensive.
We spend in the product of smiles.
Manufacturing the ounce of time it takes to show how much we care.
The exchange of one thought to another.
Extreme couponing to get the best value of ourselves.
Perhaps without proof of purchase.
We tear ourselves at the lines.
Refined in swift passing.
Saving all the coupons in search of a bulk that satisfies all craving.
Consumers without guarantee.
Constantly clipping and saving.
Rearing ourselves at the line.
A coupon exchanged in saving for a kiss for later
She always considered herself
to be a good housewife
Took care of all the necessary things
in her husband and children's life
But in the kitchen, she really took pride
in being the savings queen
She purveyed every telly commercial,
online promos, coupons in the pages
of newspapers and magazines
She was taught as a child
that riches has wings
So it was better to have more money coming in,
than money leaving
Clip and save,
cut and paste
Take advantage of the bargains,
leave nothing to waste
Calculate,
add it all up
Check the expiration date,
then put it in the savings cup
She was as good as it get,
she was certified as being the best
So many housekeeping awards
stuffed in her dusty attic chest
And the money you let fly away,
she had a coupon waiting to catch it,
and save for use on a rainy day
Cut them out with great care
Check the expiry dates
Carry them in your purse
Combine if allowed and
Carefully explain to
Cashiers who sometimes are
Confounded at the deal
Written on 08/23/2016
Contest :'Pleiades C' by Kim Merryman
cutting coupons
from paper left
on the john
Coupons—Let the Clipper Beware
By Elton Camp
For those who don’t know how to shop
Cutting out coupons perhaps should stop
Some clipper will shout in utter dismay
“How can such foolishness you dare say?”
“By using coupons, I get items at little cost
And now you suggest that my effort is lost!”
Yet, a waste of time and money they can be
And may even endanger health as we’ll see
Coupons are always for name brand stuff
Where the price is inflated and plenty rough
Very often the generic brand is just as good
To truly save, buying it is what you should
Coupons can make us buy items we don’t need
The only benefit is to the marketer’s own greed
We should be particularly wary if it says “Free”
For very rarely the truth will that actually be
Coupons can persuade us to buy unhealthy things
Salty, sugary, sodas that many a problem brings
What’s spent on junk food is money thrown away
There’s no savings despite what the coupon may say