The Fraudulent Merchants..... Poem by RIC BASTASA

the merchants have done it
again
the scent of the desert
put it in your skin the scent
lasts till eternity
just a drop, buy now, or you
regret later

and so we bought, and they say
just wait, have your coffee, tea or
soda
while we prepare your order
packed for the plane

when we arrived home it was just oil
with a drop of the scent of the desert
in one big jug
and there the scent did not last long
in the eternity that you
were promised....