Ode To the Tag Sale

Since it is yard sale time again, I thought I would publish this little gem by Mike O'Neil aka Boreegard:

Resurrection

Slowly, from the winter basement,
Chockablock full of tarnished and aging
Treasures that were once given or bought,
Even loved, they
Are collected and stacked for tomorrow’s

Tag sale.

What price to tag on the child’s outgrown toy?
The joy it first brought —how do you weigh that?
And the dusty books from 80 years ago,
That hold such poetry and magic—
Do I hear two cents
the pound?


- Boreegard
On the eve of the Trinity Lutheran Church
Tag Sale
Vernon, CT

Amen