Cases of old records sat
Waiting for someone to buy
Along with mismatched tea cups
And plates as blue as sky
Vultures jumped at everything
Leaving cars running in park
Picking through the yard sale scraps
Like a raccoon in the dark
Bickering for savings
Saying a quarter is too much
I'll only pay a nickel
To buy a broken crutch
Ice skates, ball gloves, baseball hats
tossed and thrown around the yard
To watch these jackals fighting
Over a half pound piece of lard
It's amazing that one's treasures
Are reduced to blobs of crap
By bargain hunters set to pay
For unused Christmas wrap
They jostle and they tussle
To get close for a deal
They try to bundle things together
To them....it is a steal
You smile, take their money
Tell them thank you, as they shriek
Over deals they think that they have got
On stuff...they'll sell next week!!
May 26, 2013
May 26, 2013 at 10:03 PM UTC
Cases of old records sat
Waiting for someone to buy
Along with mismatched tea cups
And plates as blue as sky
Vultures jumped at everything
Leaving cars running in park
Picking through the yard sale scraps
Like a raccoon in the dark
Bickering for savings
Saying a quarter is too much
I'll only pay a nickel
To buy a broken crutch
Ice skates, ball gloves, baseball hats
tossed and thrown around the yard
To watch these jackals fighting
Over a half pound piece of lard
It's amazing that one's treasures
Are reduced to blobs of crap
By bargain hunters set to pay
For unused Christmas wrap
They jostle and they tussle
To get close for a deal
They try to bundle things together
To them....it is a steal
You smile, take their money
Tell them thank you, as they shriek
Over deals they think that they have got
On stuff...they'll sell next week!!
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