Overflowing

A basket holds the magazines
And catalogues I’m saving,
But when I’m not around, I think
They all start misbehaving.

I could have sworn I left them
In a neat and tidy pile,
But now they’re topsy-turvy,
Which is really not my style.

New Yorkers constitute the bulk;
They take so long to read!
Then More for women over 40 –
Much more, I’ll concede.

The wicker also wields a wad
Of travelogues and such;
Toss in some home décor gazettes
And man, it’s just too much!

I’ve gotta get them straightened out
Or they will slide and fall
And knock down all my newspapers,
Which will not do at all!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012



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Date: 9/28/2012 9:19:00 AM
just got rid of a basket 9 inches deep of New Yorkers which I could not keep up with anyway. Next to the book shelf with millions more dating back to the caveman. great poem love, Kathy
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Date: 9/26/2012 4:52:00 AM
Shred em' and forget em' and scatter them around. And maybe they will feed the earth and a tree up from the ground.
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Robert Johnson
Date: 9/26/2012 4:54:00 AM
Oh bty, another wonderful write. So glad I've found you here. Enjoy your style very much.
Date: 9/25/2012 8:55:00 AM
funny....have you been to my house? the cat likes to scatter all my stacks.
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Date: 9/24/2012 10:27:00 PM
Those annual Publisher's Clearing House jackpots are a bigger longshot than Powerball or MegaMillions. That's how people get stuck with so many magazine subscriptions. Good write Ilene.
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Date: 9/24/2012 10:25:00 PM
Hey was this for the garage sale contest. If not, It could work for that one because it looks like someone organizing all these old magazines for a sale. Very nice poem, and yes, you got my meaning correct in my bio. Been a very tough last few years.
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Date: 9/24/2012 5:31:00 PM
Hi Ilene - You have such a fantastic talent to turn your tug of war with our magazines into a delightful creative creation! Thanks for sharing and for your encouraging comments about my color poem. - Gail
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Gail Debole
Date: 9/24/2012 5:32:00 PM
...sorry, meant to say "your magazines"
Date: 9/24/2012 3:57:00 PM
send them to a aged concern home, or a charity shop, just a suggestion,, love the poem,
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Date: 9/24/2012 3:31:00 PM
LOL I have a box full I haven't revisited in 5 years or more gotta throw them OUT!! Light & Love
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