it surely will
empower some & bankrupt others!

armchair shopping
is available twenty-four hours

supermarketing the food
& browsing the goods
can all be done at a click
& in the thick of your goodwood
without even leaving your door & exit
to the stores in your neighborhood

invoice will be quickly sent to you
& you can pay the bills
by inserting your smartcard
into the friendly terminal in front of you

alternatively, you can pay
by your favorite charge or credit card
accumulate bonus points
or get a free massage

armchair shopping
is more than an art
it's a techno-logical-shopping-bug
that binds & hugs

for richer or poorer
for better or for worse
in sickness & in health
till bankrupt do us part!

Lin Hsin Hsin
August 23, 1993

first published on p.241 Sunny Side UP!, 1994,
ISBN10: 981-00-5840-3 (paper),
ISBN13: 978-981-00-5840-1 (paper), 288 pp, 5 color