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Yesterdays Discards Going Fast

Yesterday’s Discards Going Fast
David J Walker

As soon as this pandemic is over
I am going to wander 
The isles of an antique store
And buy something I didn’t know 
I was looking for 

It was closed for a while 
So that those searching for 
Something from their past
Would be safe from the today at hand

And, 
the owners both knew there would
Be a grand demand for the discarded things 
Of the past
Come get them while they last
Yesterdays discards will be 
Going fast

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Caren Krutsinger January 2, 2021 at 4:25 AM "buy something I did not know I was looking for". I smiled so hard when I read this. I have not been in a store for ten months. I would LOVE to feel I could do this. David Walker January 2, 2021 at 5:20 AM Thank you, Caren. I love the connection to the "Antique" things resonating from our youth. "Antique"???? really?

Sigrid Ermine January 1, 2021 at 3:17 PM Greetings, David. I love the flow of this poem. The concepts it raises are thought provoking, such as scarcity. The line of being safe from the day at hand causes us to inspect what we cherish, and in what ways. Final stanza gives readers beautiful fun rhymes, dancing all the way. David Walker January 2, 2021 at 12:27 AM Thank you Sigrid. If only we could be "safe from the day at hand".

Jenna Logan December 29, 2020 at 3:58 AM I love browsing in antique stores. "...buy something I didn't know I was looking for." I love that line, David. It often happens that way...we come upon something we just have to have. If that's you voice, it lends to the poem for it's quality. Jenna Logan December 29, 2020 at 4:19 AM You're welcome, David. David Walker December 29, 2020 at 4:16 AM Thank you, Jenna. I love browsing antique stores too. There seems to be a story in each item. Some of them really speak to me. And, yes, that is my voice. Thank you for the kind compliment.