Retail Therapy

wife depressed

getting dressed

feeling down

don’t frown

husband departs

wife starts

shopping spree

purchase glee

endless sales

saving tales

choosing clothes

loving those

looking fantastic

payment plastic

homeward bound

happiness found

closet dash

hiding stash

husband unaware

suppressed care

weeks later

letter hater

credit bill

truth spill

fashion show

lingerie beaux

romantic confession

passion session

husband content

well spent

emotions spilt

no guilt

next morning

late yawning

phone rings

invitation brings

girls outing

lips pouting

early brunch

late lunch

shopping ensues

expensive shoes

happy wife

happy life

Are you able to enable the memory of Mable

Shopping in Coral Gable

With her best friend Mable

She sticks to a strict timetable

Lingering in the aisle marked vegetable

Enquiring if its available

Carefully reading the label

Verifying it is sustainable

Is the packaging totally impermeable

Did the shipment have a green waybill

Checks the ingredients are stable

Buys as much as she is able

It will go well with the everything bagel

Serves it on her table

Uses her antique ladle

With the invaluable appraisal

That she found in a stable

Hidden behind some old cable

Its true its not an old fable

You can verify with Mabel

Even if she is a bit unstable

Her memory you can enable

By stimulating her nerve that is vagal