For Sale

I woke to find confusion in my yard, 
signs FOR SALE! had sprouted overnight, 
it seemed that people far and wide had heard 
EVERYTHING MUST GO! a welcome sight.

"Take Vanity," decried the auctioneer, 
"Arrogance and Anger, special, two for one, 
Indiscretion will look good on your chiffonier, 
a case of Grief, come on, we're almost done!" 

'Twas barely noon, my garden was a wreck, 
bits of Indecision scattered here and there, 
Laziness had gone, nary a speck, 
no sign of Despair, no remnant anywhere. 

Hundreds rummaged through my underwear, 
like a bargain basement they were indiscreet, 
they left, and there was not a thing to spare, 
my soul was clean at last, my life was sweet!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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