The Yard Sale
The Yard Sale
By Elton Camp
We must admit, to our disgrace
Have run out of storage space
We cannot understand just why
Things we don’t need multiply
There’s clothes from when I was trim
Fear I’ll never again be quite that slim
Shoes I bought that were a mistake
Darn things caused my feet to ache
Because its use has become nil
Should sell off, old treadmill
Since using it I so much dislike
I’ll sell my fine exercise bike
Piles of purses by the score
Wife never uses them anymore
Set of dishes, chipped and broken
Gladly will sell them for just a token
Where did we get that figurine?
The ugliest thing I’ve ever seen.
Someone else, tasteless as we,
May want it, quick as can be
Clothes that my wife no longer fit
Might be able to sell for a little bit
My old ties, both narrow and wide
Put in ten cent pile over to the side
Computer and printer that work very well
Unused for years, so we’ll see if they sell
To operate it, you will have to use DOS
Made long before Windows was boss
Letters from the printer made of little dots
Talk of noise, when working, makes lots
But there is no expensive toner to buy
Prints from a ribbon is the reason why
Television set that’s so old
It never had remote control
But to deliver a picture it’s able
If it’s connected to the TV cable
Turn it on, give it time to warm
After a while, picture will form
It may prove quite a fright
Only shows black and white
Guess it’s time to sell my old chair
Comfortable, but getting threadbare
Sit down hard and feel the springs
Not one of those unbearable things
Also, I think it would be for the best
To put for sale Aunt Martha’s chest
We’ve had it since she passed away
Never liked it, honesty must say
So next Saturday will put it all out
Let the town know what it’s about
Come over and please take a peek
What was junk, we’ll call antique
Copyright © Elton Camp | Year Posted 2014
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