Yard Sale Announcement/Poem
My friends Grant and Robin
are holding a yard sale
on Saturday, May 23, 2009
at 221 Grantham Avenue.
The yard sale will start at 7:00 AM
and will end around 5:00 PM.
There will be tons of fascinating things for sale,
because Grant and Robin are fascinating people.
You will want to buy some of the objects they are selling.
For instance, there will be coffee and baked goods for sale.
In my imagination, this will be
much more than an ordinary yard sale.
For instance, stilt-walkers will roam the yard
like giraffes roaming tasty-tree places.
There will be fire-breathers (in my imagination)
breathing fire like human dragons.
There will be cotton candy,
pink and purple-blue,
dripping from the branches
of the yard’s one tree.
In my imagination,
ordinary objects will fly off the tables,
circling you, the customer.
These objects will beg you to purchase them,
promising you things:
“I am a quilt that’s warm like no other.”
“I will be the best sandwich-maker you’ve ever used!”
“I’ll be the best coffee mug ever; I’ll never lose myself.”
No thing wants to be unwanted.
Comment from deriddler
Time July 5, 2009 at 3:08 am
i love this one! and i remember the yard sale. I have to admit, i enjoy your version more than my memories- haha! I also remember you stopping by that day- but it was only a short stop.