For a Bargain
By Gordon Mei
July 31, 2003
[technically age 17, (14:03 London+2hr)]

(How to read the prices: $1.21 is read as one-twenty-one; $0.82 is read as eight-two.)

I offer to you
        A bargain.

        My childhood memories for $1.84,
        My infant photos for seven cents more.
        My first roller skates at $.72,
        My first baby tooth that came out at the zoo.

I offer to you
        A bargain.

        My favorite stuffed teddy from age 5 to 9
        At $1.21, no, $.80 is fine.
        My dead puppy’s leash for just $1.42,
        With my cat’s tag, a discount, I’ll give it to you.

I offer to you
        A bargain.

        My first homemade video for $.20 a tape,
        My trick-or-treat Superman shirt and the cape.
        Sister’s first ballet shoes, $1.63,
        Our initials etched into the bark of a tree.

I offer to you
        A bargain.

The memories, sentimental values, priceless.

                 But I’d rather have the fifty cents.