BUYER BEWARE
I marvel how the trunks of dead and dying trees
Are garlanded in fall with poison ivy leaves
Gladdening the eye and asking to be gathered
To deck a table for a feast in autumn.
As coral snakes beguile like harmless cousins,
Just so were ancient reefs adorned with sirens,
Caskets with resurrection lilies beautified,
And cereals with powdered sugar iced,
And no-down-payment mortgages entice.
Glittering like gold is worthless pyrite.
Caveat emptor still is good advice.
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