Coupon - Gary Turchin

[Larry Robinson]

Coupon
             

Friends,
     In lieu of a poem
     I have written you a
          —COUPON—
     You may clip it out,
     or not,
     slip it in your wallet,
     or not.
     It isn’t redeemable for tangible goods
     &/or services of any sort
     (unless a Goods &/or Service Provider
     should decide to honor it of their own accord,
     it’s always possible…)
     But for my making:
     This coupon is yours to redeem
     from yourself,
     to give yourself a break
     today, any day,
     to make yourself a deal,
     any deal:
     a two-for-one,
     A three-for-a-dollar,
     a get-out-of-your-own-jail-for-free card,
     a take-a-day-off-from-self-doubt-&-self-loathing voucher,
     an hour-free-of-despair zone,
     whatever deal you want to make with yourself,
     whatever you think may be too much to ask of yourself,
     but a little something off the price—
     10%? 50%? 1000%?—
     may help swing the deal,
     Then go ahead, redeem this coupon,
     swing yourself a deal,
     give yourself a break.
     What are you waiting for?
 
     (Coupon expires only when you do.)

	- Gary Turchin
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