Coupon

Stores will try to lure you in
With lots of discount pricing,
But there is one thing that they do
That’s tops in their enticing.

Many shoppers can’t resist it;
Crowds, like birds, will swoop on
Any items they can find
For which they have a coupon.

Spend a hundred dollars now
And later you’ll save twenty;
Add up the percentages
And it sure seems like plenty.

So I wander through the aisles
With coupon clutched in hand,
And feel like I do not belong
In this consumer land.

There are bargains to be had
But I have no success.
I come home empty-handed,
Quite a failure, I confess.

My pocket holds my coupon
So I pull it out in sorrow;
And realize, in delight, it won’t
Expire ‘til tomorrow!