skepticism reigns in the market place.
customers are reluctant
to part with their currency
I must make my case.

try before you buy:
that's the modern sales technique.
make sure it tastes like the flavour of the week.
have a taste of vacuum-sealed beef
you just need to heat.
moist and succulent
it's sinfully delicious.
piece by piece,
I peddle my product
in an encounter all too brief

next week, a new product
a new package, a new price
a new sales pitch to bring in
the new consumers and the
cycle rebegins

I give a little
and ask nothing back
I might as well give it all
if it were mine to give.
nobody loses themselves
in total loss.

nobody remembers the sample lady
i know all too well:

if you live by samples
you will die by samples
in life and love.