after halloween candy in poetry

The sale is for a limited time only
which makes it fit in just fine with
everything else in the damned world.
Everything is an offer with
a hard expiration date.
Whether you can know when it ends
is a whole other matter, of course.
Our undersides are not stamped
still on the factory ramp
with the time and the place
that time stomps on your face
and brother, it’s over.

The sale is for a limited time only
the clearance is low and
the values are probably slashed and
the coupons are non-negotiable and
the ferryman’s none too sociable but
goddamn
while it’s on?
The things we can do.
The things we can fucking DO
for a little while.
It’s amazing.