Everything Must Go
by Ed Woltil
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Single number eight in my series of twelve for 2021. Estate sales aren't for everyone…personally, I like them. As you sift through the clues as to what type of life might have been lived, though, you might find your mind bending a little too far in a melancholy direction. Your masochistic streak might be showing.
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Here's a broken locket on a silver chain
holds a tiny tintype face without a name.
There's a stained glass lamp, an old bicycle chain
—maybe find a home with someone.
Everything must go,
you can make an offer,
how much are you willing to pay?
You just never know,
chances come and go
but at the end of the day
this will all get hauled away.
Here's an old umbrella in a rusty pail
and a water-damaged etching of a quail.
Pretty little birdbath says it's not for sale
—All things belong to no one.
Everything must go,
though we think we know
we never think there will come a day.
All we have to show
this junk maybe your treasure
all laid out in stark display
to be snatched up or swept away.
Sifting through the driftwood of a lifetime.
Looking for the missing piece that I might make mine.
In a dusty corner in a broken frame
it's the same sad tintype girl without a name.
But to leave her lying here would be a shame
—once she was loved by someone.
Everything must go
no one ever knows
when fate is going to draw the line.
Seasons come and go
we only have this moment
so let the moment shine
for today and for all time.
holds a tiny tintype face without a name.
There's a stained glass lamp, an old bicycle chain
—maybe find a home with someone.
Everything must go,
you can make an offer,
how much are you willing to pay?
You just never know,
chances come and go
but at the end of the day
this will all get hauled away.
Here's an old umbrella in a rusty pail
and a water-damaged etching of a quail.
Pretty little birdbath says it's not for sale
—All things belong to no one.
Everything must go,
though we think we know
we never think there will come a day.
All we have to show
this junk maybe your treasure
all laid out in stark display
to be snatched up or swept away.
Sifting through the driftwood of a lifetime.
Looking for the missing piece that I might make mine.
In a dusty corner in a broken frame
it's the same sad tintype girl without a name.
But to leave her lying here would be a shame
—once she was loved by someone.
Everything must go
no one ever knows
when fate is going to draw the line.
Seasons come and go
we only have this moment
so let the moment shine
for today and for all time.
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released August 13, 2021
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Ed Woltil St. Petersburg, Florida
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