Today's Bargain

I go shopping for values at K-Mart
My current values are frayed, gray, and tattered at the edges
I search the aisles, but cannot find what I have set aside in life,
I have misplaced my concern for angels
The joy to be found in my father's smiles
The isolated sound of a silver flute, played at a funeral
But look! Plastic roses, 30% off!

Andrew Dolbeck
Shoreline