Attention Shoppers

Consult the ads
For scads and scads
Of things for dads
And mothers,
For bales and bales
Of bargain sales
For needy males
And others.

For rows and rows
Of fancy bows
And furbelows
And feathers,
For miles and miles
Of stunning styles
In linens, lisles,
And leathers.

Regale yourselves
From teeming shelves
Of books on elves
And riddles.
See latest hats
And bright cravats
For slims and fats
And middles.

See cunning toys
And other joys
For little boys
And sisters.
See natty suits
and shiny boots
And milt cheroots
For misters.

So join the throng
And come along
With mirth and song -
And money.
Do not delay
What though the day
Be cold and gray
Or sunny.

(March 3, 1953.
New York Times - February 16, 1954)