medical alert bracelet in limited colors

the fast-talking man

on the phone tells me all about

the medical

alert

necklace,

or bracelet that he's

hawking

with a nervously

rehearsed pitch

that's he probably said

a thousand

times today.

it comes in white

or black,

he says.

and it has a state

of the art GPS.

people in outer space

will be able

to locate me, he says.

satellites

circling the earth

will save my life.

but i tell him blue is my

color. not black or white.

blue goes with my eyes

so that

if i fall

down and crack my head

on the toilet

i want to look nice

when the paramedics

come in

to haul me away.

all of my pajamas are blue

too, i tell him.

but we don't have blue,

he says.

so, sadly,

there's no sale

again today.