three a.m. purchase

unable to sleep

i see

an ad on tv for wrinkle cream

it's infused with coconuts,

and made by NASA's

space age

anti-aging formula.

it's three a.m.,

i take out

my credit card

and buy some on the phone.

a box of twenty-four

tubes.

soon i'll be

able to sleep.

ships in forty-eight to

seventy-two hours.