Max Reif - Hoodia-Winked

Those people selling
Hoodia, 'the life-changing
appetite suppressant'
on the Internet
in a thousand nonsensically
or misleadingly titled e-mails

bring up in me
the Protestant Ethic,
even though I'm not a Protestant.

<i>'You people think
you can get something for nothing! '</i>
shouts a loud voice in my head,

though I have to admit
there's a smaller voice
echoing that one with
'Well, <i>can</i> you? '

Max Reif

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hoodia-winked/