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In the Market of Spare Feelings | Mackenzie Hyatt
Mackenzie Hyatt In the Market of Spare Feelings:
Sadness is $4.99 and Despair is 8 and some change, but that change you gotta pay for with a bit of your soul, and that’s why it feels so empty.
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Anger is $2.45 and comes with a coupon for half-off Rage that you save because sometimes Rage is useful, but it expires before you use it and you have to pay full price.
Fear’s only 5 cents each because the shelves are too full and no one wants any, (unless you’re the type to get a cartful) and Terror is free with every purchase of
Love has its own aisle but is frequently out of stock, but the generic brand is 12 dollars even and goes by the name of Lust.
Happiness can be bought, contrary to popular belief, but you can only get the rotten stuff, and Joy is kept in a storeroom in the back
for emergencies.
"In the Market of Spare Feelings" was inspired by the idea of “money can’t buy happiness,” antidepressants and how they could be seen as trying to buy happiness, and how emotions could be synthetic or fake.
