liquidation

each winter you see
in big white washed letters
on the plate glass window
these words,
going out of business.
everything must go.
holiday sale.
fifty per cent off.
give us your best offer,
we will match any deal
you bring in.
open all day. all night.
we will not be
undersold. all sales are
final. but they never
close. they never go
out of business.
they open up another
store across town
and do the same thing.