{"id":258,"date":"2013-12-28T23:31:05","date_gmt":"2013-12-29T04:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=258"},"modified":"2013-12-28T23:31:12","modified_gmt":"2013-12-29T04:31:12","slug":"ghost-shelf-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=258","title":{"rendered":"Ghost Shelf Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Produce breathes life into labor.
\nDecayed cauliflower wins no hearts.
\nTake that price tag off my skin.
\nI live only in consumer memory.
\nInventory cannot define me.
\nCustomer satisfaction disgusts me.
\nI am a shadow, bought and sold,
\nan old bargain looking for a sucker.
\nMy s.k.u. is like a prison tattoo,
\ndefining me in swapmeet hell.
\nDo not be fooled by my torn package.
\nBring me home: the kids will love me.
\nEat me whole, or broken into parts.
\nSurely you’ve seen me on t.v.
\nI once was placed this close to Barbie.
\nThat’s not dust on my aged package,
\nbut a roadmap of fondled memories.
\nDon’t put me down now, lover.
\nNow that I’ve kissed your fingerprints
\nforever.<\/p>\n

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