Wednesday, January 6, 2021

the yard sale

the yard
sale begins at nine a.m.

i see becky out there
at seven

getting set up with the same
things she put
out last year.

a rusted bike
with flat tires,
a painting of flowers
from a motel,

and a yellow
play pen with a hole
in the side.

i watch her pin
the five dollar tag on a rag
doll.

then another one on
a bottle of wine,
unopened.

a dollar tag goes on a 
toilet plunger

and one on a mop,
slightly
used.

she puts her chair out in her
yard.
settles in with a book
by mark twain,

marked fifty cents,

and waits.

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