ALARMED

rummage at 8a.m.
comes too early
on a Saturday morning
when I should be
sleeping in

rummage this and
that's a great bargain
if you don't mind
that I lived in it
first

we make and post the signs
and we drag out
all the shit
we are sick as hell
of looking at

and a million little
sticky price tags later
hmm, how much for that
that lamp still works!
yeah, I'll take $5

I drag what is left
back in the house
along with money
I made off my junk
clean myself up

and I go shopping
to buy MORE shit
that I will soon
be tired of seeing
and need to rummage away