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Feeling the Bads and Buying the Goods

Audio Recordings, News / tagged Consumerism, Debt, Freedom, Manipulation, Placebo, Shopping / November 29, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Watching the news will make you nervous
you may want to buy something

The new things will make you feel new
they're different, so you're different too

A Ford or a Buick or a Big Brother story
a hat or a purse or a home wrapped in glory

Someone will be there with something to sell
with something to make you feel safe and well

And all it will cost is freedom or money
And you won't have to pay today

Department Store Blues

Audio Recordings / tagged Humor, Scent, Shopping / November 21, 2023 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

I run the long gauntlet
of perfume counter aisles

Reaching men's wear I dare
my first breath
since leaving the street

Take my time picking up
and fondly fondling
warm winter socks

Should I buy two pair or three
two browns and a black
or to blacks and a brown

In no hurry
to begin the return journey
so recently reminded of why
I had been driven here
in the first place

The odor of the old pair

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Iudita Harlan on Longing for FamilyNovember 26, 2025
Neil Lovely poem. Sending love to you and Darcy. Iudita
Nancy Fierstien on Eyes of FriendsNovember 6, 2025
Lovin' this one, line after line!
Nancy Fierstien on Light on LeavesNovember 2, 2025
Yet another favorite of mine! How can I hold back this "THANK YOU!" ???
Sandi Hebley on How Fallen AngelsAugust 17, 2025
Indeed!
Nancy Fierstien on Unremember ThatAugust 16, 2025
Gonna be inclined to share this one at my Poets' Tea reading tomorrow afternoon. Thanks, Neil!

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