After the backaches and sprung
springs, after the tossing and turning,
the hours on the computer, searching,
the days rolling on different beds
which are really all the same beds
with different names in different stores,
after the comparing and the checking
one against the other, the merits
of this one versus that one, the price
points worth the difference (or not),
after the schmoozing and the angst
with the sales staff, the fear I’ve made
a bad deal, will regret it in a month
maybe two, I finally bought a bed.
Too bad I wasn’t this careful with the mate.