Yard Sale Syndrome

No time for coffee, as the dawn arrives.... I raised the shade. The crowd's outside! The mob takes over...I'm still in slippers But someone bought our old hedge clippers!! Those folks just paid me a ton of money!! I could use some help..........Hey! Where's my honey?? I swear...if he went back to take a nap I'll sell his priceless baseball cap!! Oh! They are looking at that wobbly table.... "I'll help you load it, Miss, if I'm able!" She grabs dog-eared, dusty, vintage books And one old crock-pot that still cooks! I show her some doilies, and a ragged Barbie And a costume for her Halloween parties? A rusty shovel, and a dented bucket And a fishing pole from old Nantucket I'm selling Ma's old apron, and some broken dishes A chipped glass bowl for all her fishes Aunt Edna's ugly painting, and her candle holders She lives down the street....hope no one told her!!! One old bike for exercising Doesn't work....it's not surprising! "What's the point?" our husbands mutter While we fill the garage with all this clutter I explain to him..."She buys mine, and I buy hers" "Then, we won't need to shop the stores!!" "Dear...don't you know the grass is greener?" "OH LOOK!" "That couple bought my vacuum cleaner!" Just then I point across the street!! Another yard sale.....and we both shriek!! He points at me and shakes his fist But I'll just ignore and toss a kiss And side by side I'm in a race... Who gets there first will buy that vase!! Whoopee!!! I spy a broken chair... That other shopper gives a glare! So what it's broken? Well, I can glue it! Just hope she doesn't beat me to it! The point I'm making is simply this This neighbor's junk became my bliss! _______________________________________ For Skat's Yard Sale Contest: