Garage Sale!! by beachzz
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Garage Sale
All that damn stuff
Packed away
In boxes and bags
And crates and corners
Fills every nook and cranny
Till the house bulges
At its seams
Get rid of it
Throw it away
Burn it
Toss it
No---SELL IT!!
So I unpack those boxes
Empty those bags
Search every inch
Of every spot
Everywhere
And I have a GARAGE SALE
Put up the signs
Mark all that junk
And see what happens
Whaddya want for that
What? No way
That’s way too much
I’ll give ya fifty cents
Five bucks
No way
I’ll give ya fifty cents
Over and over again
No one wants to make
Me a millionaire
So I just say ok
I’ll take your fifty cents
Just take the damn stuff
All day long
Over and over again
Fifty cents
A quarter
A DOLLAR
YEAH, I’ll take a dollar
Just TAKE the damn thing
Finally it’s over
I close up shop
And look around
And am amazed
The boxes are empty
The bags are gone
The STUFF has left the premises
And me?
I’m tired
Dirty
Sore
Sunburned
But guess what?
My pockets are full
Of those fifty cents
Those quarters
Even those dollars
And it’s over
This garage sale
My house is happy
The crannies are empty
And I’m never gonna fill em up again!!!
I hope
7/22/08
Comments (14)
Excellent poem, a lot of character in it, well done!
revealing.
Great idea...time to begin getting out all of those boxes in my attic and basement...lol.
Love it. Especially the last line. So true
will you take 10 cents for the grater and I want the cheese to go with it lol what a fun capture and words smile sweet sunshine to you warm hug, Linda
yes, well...when i moved into my house 7 years ago, i loved having nothing in the garage or closets (except clothes and shoes) and a place for everything and everything in its place... right now, not only is the garage full with only a small single path through, the closets are dangerous to open because things fall from above, no baseboard is visible throughout the house with stacks of things along each wall (including the bathroom), and the backyard and the storage shed are at capacity for junk while we finish unloading the inside of the house for a city street pickup. forget the garage sale! I can't get anything through to the driveway until I haul off the barrier of crappola in the way! :-)
Lol Very cute, but I am one of those people who love to be the early bird. everyone knows if you only have a few quarters to spend you want to get there first and get the most for them hahahahah. Very funny work my poet friend :)
super stuff
i had a garage sell thinking like you and no one came by to buy lol I put ads in the paper and all but I winded up in the hole for the ad cost money to put in the paper. i not good at it at all. I give what i can away to the local charitys. thow a lot away. oh I did sell a set of curtins for fifty cents.
You and me, we sweat and strain Body all achin and racked with pain Tote that barge and lift that bail You get a little drunk and you lands in jail I gets weary, and sick of tryin I'm tired of livin, but I'm scared of dyin But ol man river, he just keeps rollin along (Courtesy of the Old Man River song) A fifty cents well earned, my dear! Splendid prose and image, Marilyn! I feel your pain.
This is great ... some of your best work, imho! Well done!
Hmmmmmmmmmmm - I can so associate with this Marilyn... I need to have a major garage sale! :)
LMAO!!!! I love your writing, you make me laugh... I can relate!
LOL I love this....we haven't been to a garage sale once this year....weekends are busy with pow wow....great post