so many angry
looking faces
above festive
holiday sweaters
a dichotomy in
schismatic humanity
as they fight for
marked down deals
in crowded aisles
when everyone just
wants to be home

i roam the store
an infrequent traveler
bedazzled by shiny
objects with zero
apparent uses that
scream to be purchased

being on the wrong
side of the poverty line
as an effect of eschewing
unnecessary things through
sheer necessity even
though the action figures
of frankenstein and his
copper haired bride
had me close to another
bipolar spree which ends
with nothing but regret

but people watching is
priceless and the throng
of passively agressive
consumers teachs more
about the human condition
than one hundred hours
of psychology could hope to
as long as you’re patient
to the currents swirling
in phermonic disarray as
the prices fall to normal
with flashy signs misleading
the desperate shoppers
seeking to save a few bucks