BUY NOTHING DAY 11/28/03

THERE IS A MAGAZINE ABOUT SHOPPING

by Jack Foss
 

If we were still a hunter-gatherer society

I’d read a magazine about how to keep

my spear-point sharp or welcome tips

on where to find the best roots and berries

but why should I read one about shopping

as if shopping were a way of life or something

I do to define myself? If I were

a fisherman I’d care about how the fish

were running or what sort of bait

attracted them. If I had a higher calling—-say

poet—-I wouldn’t care where I bought my clothes.

I’d go for cast-offs, things from the Salvation

Army or the St. Vincent dePaul Society. I wasn’t

born to shop.

"There Is a Magazine About Shopping" © 2003 Jack Foss

Photo © 2003 Rochelle Ratner

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