To Dear Shopaholic

She moves like a squirrel scanning the shelves,

And I follow acquiring more ‘must haves’!

She stops and turns an umpteenth time,

She will shop till there is one last dime.

A zigzag course across the whole mall,

She turns once more to check if she eyed all.

She patiently tries one dress and another;

A costly confusion as she wants them together!

Still clutching the possessions she spots a handbag,

I sense positive impressions as she checks the tag.

The triumphant trolley acquires one more prize,

While her jolly eyes flash unbound joy with little disguise.

She next embraces a giant toy toad,

Sans traces of alarm about the overload;

But she turns down the cotton-stuffed bait,

In a distance she sees ear-rings wait.

And they are amazing when tried one by one,

I keep gazing till she selects none!

Nail polish, shampoos and body oils,

They were points gathered for all her toils.

How lost in time and totally unaware,

It was a tenth chime when she bagged chinaware;

Thus we make our way through the exit door,

But she looks over the shoulders, she wants more!

We are gone today but we will be back again,

Because my dear shopaholic just can’t abstain!