Eric Hisaw

Garage Sale

We hung signs up and down the street
cause if we couldn't sell it the bank would take it for free
put it on the front porch, clothes up on the rack
and watched them take away our things that wouldn't be coming back
I offered up all of the toys with which I was too old to play
but it brought a tear to my eye when they took them away
mama said be brave someday we'll get through this hell
of an all dayx, low class, white trash ... garage sale

they came in Pontiacs, beat up fords and jeeps
to pick through our things that we couldn't keep
the bank breathing down our necks about some old loan
that my dad took out when he bought our home
I guess he never liked it much, it wasn't good enough
cause he left us long before we had to sell all of our stuff
mama said be brave someday we'll get through this hell
of an all day, low class, white trash ... garage sale

I guess ma's old bell bottoms are back in style again
two college girls in a Saab came and bought up all of them
even though they loved those jeans they didn't think much of us
they were laughing and pointing and making fun of our stuff
my older sister she didn't dare set foot out that door
she was scared someone we knew would come and figure out we were poor
mama said be brave someday we'll get through this hell
of an all day, low class, white trash ... garage sale

I don't know how much we needed that day
but it was a lot more I'm sure than we ever made
it wasn't too long after that we were moving along
and we said goodbye to our cursed home
we moved in with my mean old aunt for a month or two
before we found that apartment on Franklin avenue
I know I for one will never forget the hell
of an all day, low class, white trash ... garage sale