
Expiration dates begin with
An apartment tenant, approaching
Their mailbox, removing envelopes
And coupons. Which prompts
Consumer Fantasies
About the future:
Purchasing two Mac n’ Chz meals for 1.99.
As advertised on page 9 in the weekly gazette.
Empathy challenges alienations contempt
Against the class struggle, breaching the budget
For discounted products sanctioned by the accountant, CEO
And printmaker.
Without this language describing opportunity:
Entropy would reverse.
Shades of grey would replenish the rainbow.
And commercial jingles would function.
Like political rhetoric layered in melody.

Beauty is fond of communal experience.
Plastic garbage-bags develop girth,
Blending discarded items in harmony.
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