Gathering Stuff for the Yard Sale
as many empty boxes
carelessly deposited
in the basement, now
covered in cobwebs
are to be filled one by one
with once-valued things,
an antique dust buster that
my neighbor sold me three
years ago at this same neighborhood
yard sale, two electric heaters,
a radial saw that I always wanted,
really one of the more absurd things
I ever bought and never used.
Vibrating massage slippers, an
inflatable toy boat with matching oars.
All things we had to have,
now collecting dust.
So many boxes now
filled with someone else’s
treasures, stacked in my car for the
yard sale tomorrow, never
to return to my basement
again.
as many empty boxes
carelessly deposited
in the basement, now
covered in cobwebs
are to be filled one by one
with once-valued things,
an antique dust buster that
my neighbor sold me three
years ago at this same neighborhood
yard sale, two electric heaters,
a radial saw that I always wanted,
really one of the more absurd things
I ever bought and never used.
Vibrating massage slippers, an
inflatable toy boat with matching oars.
All things we had to have,
now collecting dust.
So many boxes now
filled with someone else’s
treasures, stacked in my car for the
yard sale tomorrow, never
to return to my basement
again.
Picture from http://flickr.com/photos/nicestalan/271932777/
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