Sold On Skin Cream Poem by Harlan Simantel

you sold me you
you did it well
sales girl
so pretty
so friendly
so articulate
and interested
in my dry skin

i bought your time -
about ten or fifteen minutes -
and your smiles
and personality
for about $35

the dead sea cream
was worth about $5
$40 in all

i was a temporary fool
you took me to 'school'
but you sold your soul
for money, honey

p.s.
i tossed the gritty dead skin 'cream'
your clever, seductive scheme