A haiku in three parts:

Drive of Patton and
Skills of Desert Fox, they plot
For Black Friday sales.

Why is such focus,
Such passion not found in the
Eleven months hence?

Just ask Mastercard,
Grasshopper, which they forget
Until late winter.

Seasonal, non-shopping haiku:

Ropes tether pine tree
Secure Tannenbaum from storm
New kitten in house

No chestnuts roasting
No Prozac, no Klonopin
No family visit