Thursday, May 27, 2021

the yard sale

the yard sale,
the neighborhood flea market
is on.
early on saturday
morning.
the clothes are stretched out
on racks.
the pictures taken off
the walls
and now lean
against a box, or table
also for sale.
and the owners sit
in their folding chairs
and wait for buyers to show.
there's an old rug, rolled
out on the lawn,
a pair of ice skates,
a book about New Zealand,
a felt hat,
a toaster oven full of
crumbs.
a princess phone.
a fur coat, and a man's
suit, one wedding, one
funeral,
hardly worn.

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