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By galadrial Date: 2002 Jun 28 Comment on this Work [[2002.06.28.23.57.16363]] |
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trying to find the reason that "no" doesn't hurt like it once did, and I hit on those words "deep discount". Something or someone of value should never find themselve on the clearence shelf like chia pets after Christmas, that gaudy sticker that says 75% off, put there because some people will buy anything cheap, and never wonder if they are getting a deal or care that maybe that sad looking purchase was never worth more. I used to discount myself, and my heart, emotional fire sales for the thrifty, and learned late that the less you ask, the less you get. The bargain shoppers never pay full market for a damned thing. Buut I never wanted to haggle for my heart, never wanted to have to prove to some bored consumer that I was something he just had to have. I want to be more than the trash that seventy five percent off made desirable to one who could not afford the full price of emotional purchase. So I will be content to be stored, hidden away while the bright shiny new are fetchingly arranged to delight the eye. I would rather be the sweet true chord you pluck just once at midnight then the whole tinny tune they put on a chip in the butt of a stuffed bunny. So you can discount me if you will--- but I know what I am worth, and maybe the question was never what it was I might cost you, but rather what you could afford to pay... |