Junk Mail ( poem)

Junk Mail

We've been getting lots of catalogues 'bout mostly useless stuff
from vitamin pills that cure your ills to ways to stop dandruff.
It's all crammed in our letterbox or 'strewn about the ground,
is this part of the reason that our trees are bein' chopped down

It's alright when they offer things that I can actually use
like wine and spirits 'nd chocolate and take aways 'nd booze
I don't splurge on expensive brands, I reckon it's all spin
the only difference I can see is label on the tin.

If you come into shop on Wednesday, we'll give you two for one
(so the junk mail told us Monday) but by Wednesday morn' it's gone,
or was it ever there at all?, are they just after our 'lolly'?
If i were to to fall for that again, I'd be off my trolley.

In just a day of shopping we must walk a fair few miles
as we search for elusive bargains in the supermarket aisles.
We used to fill our shoppin' carts for a reasonable amount
then go the department store and put stuff on our account.

We're struggling now on minimum pay and things are getting tight
I even tore up my credit card ( I cried and cried all night)
But life is good and we should learn how to be satisfied
There's lots out there who're much worse off and that can't be denied

by ..maggie dennis

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The folk who post "No Junk Mail" signs by their mailbox's and think they are savng the planet are living in Cloud Cuckoo Land. The Direct Mailing companies have copies of the national postcode database, which they use for quantifying print numbers, as such, a leaflet not delivered to these premises has already been generated, and will ultimately end up recycled, or in landfill regardless.

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'Return to Sender' is what i mainly do with the junk, the rest is recycled...

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Enjoyed the poem!

Even regular bills have ads and flyers stuffed in the envelopes now. Waste of paper (though I didn't think so when I worked in marketing for many years!)

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I quite like to get JUNK MAIL

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I like junk mail too, helps me prepare a list and know what's on special

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Any more closet junk mail fans ?

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I'm in, a brochure I received had a double page of vouchers for "Buy one, get one free" on all items from a local Chip Shop, which you were free to take copies of on your favourite meals.

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I have a sign on my front door saying "No more please donate bags except from the Sperm Bank".