Sunday, August 31, 2014

the new drones

you get a desperate
call
at three in the morning
from a window
salesman
in Arizona.
I'm on a no
call list you tell
him, how did
you get my number,
and why are you
calling me at this
hour of the night.
well, he says,
you are the only
person in America
who still has not
bought new windows.
you still have those
old wooden ones
that are drafty
and are hard to open.
how do you know that,
you ask him,
sitting up in bed,
looking at the clock.
we have a satellite
photo of your house,
he says. you should
really consider
the new triple
panes, slightly
tinted thermo
dynamic, easy open
and close state of
the art windows.
we have a one time only
offer if you buy
them now and will
throw in a new furnace
that we also see
is very old.
but the furnace is
in the house, in the
basement. we know that
sir, we have small
bumble bee drones
now with cameras.
we know everything there
is to know about you.
by the way, when was
the last time you cleaned
your refrigerator?

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