New And Improved!
Caveat emptor indeed!
New and improved! New and improved!
All the impurities have been removed
Like a disk reformatted, a record re-grooved
It's new and improved and now fully approved
I went on a journey to look for and find it
The distance made no difference, I didn't mind it
The word had been given and I would grind it
To take every knot and finally unwind it
They told me! They told me! And then they sold me
To the first buyer who came to behold me
I had been warned they would front me and cold me
And they weren't content 'til they fully controlled me
I'd heard it was different, I'd heard it was nice
I'd heard it was novel and worth any price
I desperately wanted this great device
It was new, fresh and groovy and cooler than ice
Looking around at the things that were branded
Standing alone, yes I was alone and stranded
Meeting not one of the standards demanded
And feeling ashamed, totally reprimanded
Worry? What worry? That was what they said
Until all the thoughts spinning 'round in my head
Had me seeing deep blue and India red
And blacker than black were the hours spent in bed
Crying, yes crying! The tears were not drying!
Inside everything was shrivelled and dying
Resisting the endless times of ceaseless trying
Like being in an oven or even like frying
Put on the block and paraded like meat
All my good qualities from nose-bridge to seat
Were only the things I carried on two feet
And tallied and checked off on book keeper sheet
New and improved! New and improved!
All things thrown out of which they disapproved
Study of newness was loudly approved
My duties were laid out and I was behooved
All new! Better! You bet it was better!
Informed like in some encyclical letter
Encouraged to act like a real go-getter!
And stopped cold in two feet by my steel fetter
The buyer approaches but Buyer Beware!
Caveat emptor he must be aware
Looking me over from toenail to hair
I can't meet his gaze, at the ground I do stare
Joy and rejoicing! The joy is unending
The bliss and the hapiness are now attending
Now there is no more confusion and blending
It's all been laid out now there is no amending
Worry? What worry? That was what he said
And showed me the problems were my heart and head
And whiter than white comes from redder than red
And all the dross he picked up that they had spread
Freedom is given when given is all
Picked up the pieces were after the fall
No longer left like some discarded ball
Nor parked like an animal in some filthy stall
Now this is different, yes it is true
I've finally found something that really is new
It's nicer than anything I ever knew
And no longer do I see all things as blue
He bought me, He bought me! He reached out and sought me
I was thrown away and he reached out and caught me
He came and picked me up after they distraught me
I've learned many things now that he has taught me
I'd gone so far but my journey was done
I'd traveled out under the hot blazing sun
Thinking I'd find things interesting and fun
But I was tired and beaten, unable to run
New and improved! New and improved!
All the impurities seen as removed
Fully accredited, fully approved
New and Improved! Yes! New and Improved!
copyright text (C) 2011 christopher w neal
copyright photo (C) 2011 Adam Neal