This Actually Happened:
The Garage Sale
Here’s a cautionary tale
A five year old, some change, a sale
The neighbors had way too much stuff
Our kid didn’t have enough
Asked her dozing Mom and Dad
Could she borrow just a tad
Took the money went and shopped
Got some more and didn’t stop
Back and forth between two homes
Deon with her cash did roam
Parents woke, opened their eyes
Got one hell of a surprise
Elvis would have been so proud
Everything she bought was loud
Virtual atomic plume
Deon’s stash shown in the gloom
Fruit arrangements painted bright
So gaudy they emitted light
Everything no one desired
Our child happily acquired
Centerpieces, blinding flowers
Someone get a Geiger Counter
We thought fast we had to act
How to deal with this with tact
Course we told her it looked great
It was time to decorate
To her playhouse it all went
Where its time with us was spent
Her taste improved as she got older
Beauty lies with the beholder
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