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refuse in a single church

Janet Kuypers , started 01/13/11, finished 01/20/11
(with adapted lines from Packing and Russians at a Garage Sale)

walked into a church one Saturday
when all the property on their land
was converted for a weekend rummage sale

churchgoes donated their belongings
their refuse, the things they didn’t want anymore
got their tax forms from the church
so their acts of kindness
won’t cost them so much

and there were rows and rows of trinkets
half an aisle of appliances, half an aisle of glassware
someone else would pick up a wine glass. “how much?”
“twenty-five cents.” “how about ten?”

“how much for this iron?” one would ask.
a church lady would answer, “four dollars.”
“fifty cents?” “no.”

someone would point at the iron, a toaster,
a blender. “all for a dollar?” “no.”
And I thuoght, hmmm,

as I looked at the appliances
and thought about the appliances I donated
to a church for their annual rummage sale last year.

half the place had hanging clothes
and there were grocery bags available at the front
“fill a bag with clothes for two dollars”

hmmm, mayle I’ll look for men’s button-down shirts
look for anything like a classic white shirt
but of course, those were never donated

this is everyone’s refuse
rows of dresses, pairs of shoes,
pairs of shorts, shirts, loneliness,
anger, belts, jewelry, extra socks

it’s amazing how much refuse
you can find in a single church

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