Poetry ~ Cabbage After Christmas

Back in my day we lived for, and by, coupons for groceries and other essentials.  It was a thrill to match them with our current needs, thinking about all we could buy on a stretched budget.

Today my crazy ageing brain wandered to “weird coupons”…

It might be exciting to wake up

some days and collect a different

kind of coupons from the mailbox

not ones for coffee or catfood or

likely-freezer-burn cabbage rolls–

Imagine the relief to find savings

on things like knots and wrinkles

typical of normal days

(abnormal ones not included)–

Here are a few you might

be interested in:

50% off negative feedback

“2 for 1” sale on profanity

(limited quantities)

10% off artificial smiles

but Look! there’s a 

“manager’s overstock”

basket of eye-rolling…

The best one, to me, would be

75% off that troublesome

situation I still haven’t 

found a positive and doable

solution for.

~ Cale

(If I’ve lost you, the idea is that all these things would be less distressing than usual…doable😉)

Here are links to the prompt words I’ve used:

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/abnormal-2/

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/rdp-tuesday-situation/

https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/feedback/

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/burn-4/

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2026/01/11/rdp-sunday-artificial/

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/solution/

https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/profanity/

https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/coupon/