Garage Sale!! by beachzz

Writers • Humor • posted on Jul 22, 2008

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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)

Trollmac

3:45AM | Tue, 22 July 2008

Excellent poem, a lot of character in it, well done!

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timtripp

5:29AM | Tue, 22 July 2008

revealing.

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photostar

6:39AM | Tue, 22 July 2008

Great idea...time to begin getting out all of those boxes in my attic and basement...lol.

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Faemike55

9:21AM | Tue, 22 July 2008

Love it. Especially the last line. So true

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hipps13

9:57AM | Tue, 22 July 2008

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

MrsLubner

11:02AM | Tue, 22 July 2008

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! :-)

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vaggabondd

11:11AM | Tue, 22 July 2008

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 :)

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awjay

1:23PM | Tue, 22 July 2008

super stuff

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jocko500

6:22PM | Tue, 22 July 2008

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.

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goodoleboy

6:36PM | Tue, 22 July 2008

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.

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