Pages

▼

And hast thou slain the Shoppingblock?

'Twas Christmas and the saling sales
Did Frye and Gimbals in the haze
All flimsy were the sylvangroves
And the Starbuck's outplayed

"Beware the Shoppingblock, my son!
The gees that shine, the gaws that catch!
Beware the Target bird, and shun
The lugubrious RockBandersnatch!

He took his credit card in hand:
Long time the awesome deal he sought
So rested by the Burger King
And stood awhile in thought

And, as in junkjust bought he stood
The Shoppingblock, with high-res game,
Came whiffling through the reviews so good
And halfoffed as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The wiimote blade went ticky-tack!
He Left 4 Dead, and with Red Dead
He went Redempting back.

"And, has thou slain the Shoppingblock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O anamorphic day! Callooh! Callay!'
He installed in his joy.

'Twas Christmas and the saling sales
Did Frye and Gimbals in the haze
All flimsy were the sylvangroves
And the Starbuck's outplayed

* With apologies to Lewis Carroll.
===== Feel free to comment on this or any other post.
Posted

2 comments:

  1. Cathy Olliffe-WebsterDec 26, 2011, 5:39:00 PM

    Hahahahahah! So very charming, Mr. Tony! Put a smile on my face, for sure.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Janet Lingel AldrichDec 30, 2011, 10:33:00 AM

    ROFL! Tony, this was fantastic! A capital confabulation of commercialism and Carroll!

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for leaving a comment. The staff at Landless will treat it with the same care that we would bestow on a newly hatched chick. By the way, no pressure or anything, but have you ever considered subscribing to Landless via RSS?