Black Friday easel lee brushed off...

and painted as a lamentable tirade
Amidst the madding crowd
the return of the native
will remain snug as a bug in a rug,
where reclining on the Lazy Boy
E-Z chair appears mighty tempting
to lie down and enjoy the peace and quiet
versus dealing with throngs of people
analogous to a quiet riot.

I (a latitudinarian, nonestablishmentarian,
Pennsylvanian, sexagenarian,
and Unitarian), will not wade,
within the mobs of village people,
but remain holed up within apartment b44
at Highland Manor a property owned
by Grosse and Quade,
whose main headquarters situated
at 762 East Main St #2, Lansdale, PA 19446
along a tree lined street housing a family,
many types considered herbs,
whose common name
of nightshade Solanaceae, a large group
of plants that includes some
of the world's most important
food crops like potatoes, tomatoes,
and peppers, as well
as highly poisonous plants
like deadly nightshade
and tobacco, but the term "nightshade"
also refers to a broad plant family
that includes herbs, shrubs,
and even trees
plants in general known
for containing various chemicals,
called alkaloids, some of which
can be toxic
while others have
medicinal or dietary uses
not used in paint
Extreme toxicity: Deadly nightshade
Atropa belladonna
one of the most poisonous plants known
contains potent alkaloids
like atropine and scopolamine,
which can be absorbed
through the skin
or cause severe illness or death if ingested,
hence makes plant completely unsuitable
for handling, storage,
and application in a fine art medium
such as the painting of Thomas Kinkade
(1958-2012) an American painter
known as the "Painter of Light"
for his idyllic,
light-filled landscape paintings
featuring cottages, gardens,
and small-town scenes,
a prolific artist who built
a successful commercial empire
around his art heavily marketed
to a wide audience
and aimed to evoke peace and joy
a magic touch canvassed
edenic, lyric, and soundlessly melodic
escapist scenes of tranquility handmade
inviting one to evade
the cares of an uncertain world, wide web
and erecting a mental blockade
against major ruptures within
these United States of America
courtesy the Uber dictator,
whose steely bent
fought for courtesy
meaning all those cumulative
revolutionaries since the founding
of the nascent American history
fought so their present day descendants
could shop until they dropped
and become penniless
spending every last cent
fighting tooth and nail
to shoulder their way
to the top of the line
and snatch up armfuls
of commodities viz
once a year massive event,
where manners pushed aside
to make room for fervent
marauding hordes forego being a gent
till polite persons
shuck off mantle of politesse
dead set on grabbing
marked down oodles
of gadgets, widgets
shucking off limited budgets,
and charging credit cards to the hilt
making a bee-line
to snag latest best invention
of the year with violent intent.