Sales Resistance
Be careful of, suspicious of, and just a little wary
of people who are talented in speech extemporary
who arrive with suitcases filled with cash-and-carry
items, be they vacuum cleaners or a dictionary.
Their conversation humorous, their prattle light and airy,
their smiles may be luminous, and they may be so very
congenial and friendly, their demeanor downright merry,
and yet, my friend, I recommend that you take care to parry
their sales attacks. Before you buy, please take the time to tarry
and muster up your sales resistance so you purchase nary
a single item from this flam-flam Tom or Dick or Harry.
Just shoo him from your doorstep and off to Tucumcari!
The Ragtag prompt was extempore
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Your rhyme is always an achievement
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Thanks, Derrick.
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Excellent! So different from the poems I write. I don’t think I would have been able to come up with all those words that rhyme. Well written!
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Thanks, Beacon..It’s a puzzle. Keeps my mind agile. I hope.
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Another entertaining ditty. Reminds me of my father (before I came along). He sold vacuum cleaners door-to-door. Story goes that he even sold to people whose homes lacked electricity.
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And yet, they get to you, don’t they?
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Screen-to-screen, but not door-to-door!!!
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Totally agree!!! Great poem, Judy!
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Thanks, Calen.
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