I remember when I followed you in,
looking for my mate.
In this mirror land, I can't understand
this confusing state.
At once, you appear, then you disappear
in this mirror house,
running and racing, losing and chasing,
a wheel and a mouse.
Is it you and me, or knockoffs I see,
none that I can feel,
leaning and lurching, forever searching
for ones that are real.
For too many years and too many tears,
I've been going mad.
It's just you and me struggling endlessly.
Don't you feel it's sad?
Categories:
knockoffs, mirror, relationship,
Form: Rhyme
I love to give you presents
Let me buy you things
I know your taste in clothing
Necklaces and rings
Nothing too expensive
That's for another time
Right now just little keepsakes
And lots and lots of rhymes
Don't look for any knockoffs
Just tell me what you want
I love to give you presents
You're not the type to vaunt
You have an innate beauty
You're gorgeous on your own
You're natural and candid
But when you dress full blown
You take my breath away from me
You're incredible to observe
Onstage a living dynamo
Contained but full of verve
I'd love to see you unconstrained
To watch you let it out
There's no one else who's quite like you
Of that I have noooo doubt
Categories:
knockoffs, for her, i love
Form: Rhyme
Once upon a time
There was a pretty girl,
She sold knockoffs of jewelry,
To keep herself in curls.
She squirrelled away some chains,
Let no one know she had them.
It was a bit of chicanery,
But she enjoyed believing she owned them.
Strange thing happened
One by one they disappeared,
She had laid them on her chest of drawers,
And no one had been “here.”
One day she saw a twinkling,
Between chest and the wall,
She stuck her hand through the crack,
Found the chains – one and all.
Now this girl had an alley cat
She had raised him since first he was found,
He always licked at shiny things,
Now he had his own little mound.
Did I tell you she’d been charged with stealing?
She was always short on her sales,
Who’s the thief? The cat or the girl?
Who’s gonna put up the bail?
Categories:
knockoffs, fun, humorous,
Form: Quatrain
Camera candy nose
Pyroclastic pose
Beverly Hills publicity
Her kitty’s named felicity
Do the Bentley boogie down
In that shaved Versace gown
Vesuvius Christmas wreath
Viral presents underneath
Walk that red carpet ruse
Marrying mortgaged shoes
Spaghetti string saunter
Sauced communists want her
Champagne celebrity schmooze
Collecting her psychic's dues
Visions of pin-up hair
Her cleavage loves a dare
Diamond mirrored glasses
Nonprescription asses
Paparazzi puckered lips
Pillow tops of Botox tips
She seduces colorblind nations
Undressing orphaned obligations
Designer hip dysplasia
High heel knockoffs in Asia
Behold the drama queen
A feudal minx of screen
Begging the homeless to dream
Because Oscar makes her scream
Categories:
knockoffs, allegory, funny, introspection, people,
Form: Couplet
Buying from the Purse Guy
By Elton Camp
Near our home there’s a shabby store
That we heard had such bargains galore
So we thought it fun if we give a try
To a place that’s named “Purse Guy”
Hundreds of purses hung on the back wall
With surprise, my wife their names did call
Fendi, Coach, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Dior
The place carried these plus several more
At the prices she smiled with great delight
“At the mall, costs of these are out of sight.
I can hardly believe such a reasonable price
For a purse that’s a designer and so very nice.”
With several handbags we walked out the door
And told the smiling man we’d be back for more
The very next week, the store a padlock did get
It seems everything it sold was only counterfeit
Within weeks, the purse bargains of our dreams
Looked bad and began to break apart at the seams
One out of twenty items found in world trade
Are only knockoffs and extremely cheaply made
Buying fake goods we had learned not to do
It costs manufacturers billions in lost revenue
Found a brand name with a price not to believe?
Most likely, some criminals are trying to deceive
Categories:
knockoffs, business
Form: Rhyme