I sold my life on Ebay

[mir]

Well, i haven't written poetry in a while, so this might stink. :p but i hope it is enjoyed! :)

I sold my life on Ebay
But nobody would bid
I put me up for 50 cents,
Shipping included.

“Free slave for life!”
The banner said,
“Great deal! All limbs,
A mind, a head!
We’ll even throw in –
Wholly free! –
A sparkling personality!
Need a helper,
Need a friend?
Here’s one on whom
You can depend.
Money buys you
Love for life!
She cooks! She cleans!
A wholesale wife!”

The auction stood
For seven days
No reserve price,
Or shipping plays
I checked for bids
To claim the thing
Sitting in
My packaging.
At last PayPal
Gave me the news:
Ten minutes left –
Now three, now two!
This life rose to
The list’s top place
As seconds beat
My heart’s quick pace.
With only moments
Left to spare
The bubble wrap
Caught at my hair;
Styrofoam peanuts
Blocked my view
But when I sold,
I somehow knew.

So here and now
I live my life
Not as helper,
Not as wife
But happy, because of
That day
When I bought myself
On Ebay.

[Virgil]

That is cute mir. How could some one not buy you? ;)

Hey, I know where you got "sparkling personality" from. :)

[SleepyWitch]

not bad :)
i particularly like the following lines:

With only moments
Left to spare
The bubble wrap
Caught at my hair;
Styrofoam peanuts
Blocked my view
But when I sold,
I somehow knew.

[dramasnot6]

Wow Mir! That was wonderful! I particulary commend you on the brilliant story line, so creative! :D

[Pensive]

It is really good, mir! Especially, I like the last lines; so good and gripping. :)



So here and now
I live my life
Not as helper,
Not as wife
But happy, because of
That day
When I bought myself
On Ebay.

[Logos]

but i hope it is enjoyed! :)
Yes, very funny :D

[Riesa]

mir! highly enjoyable, clever and a great message to boot. I kind of got this feel of listening to an auctioneer...or a horse race over the radio.

going once!

[AimusSage]

It reminds me of something... :)

That's a good thing too. It's quite the enjoyable piece of writing. Well done.

[Niamh]

I have to say that is probably the funniest poem i've read in a long time! You are such a creative wit Mir! i wish i could write something good like that! All my poems are depressing!

[Pensive]

I have to say that is probably the funniest poem i've read in a long time! You are such a creative wit Mir! i wish i could write something good like that! All my poems are depressing!

I, too, like the optimistic tone in it. Mir has come up with a really creative idea, and great rhythm and rhyme. :thumbs_up

[mir]

Aw, thanks guys! :blush:!

I wrote this after spending one entire weekend glued to my computer, bidding on things i didn't even want, after discovering eBay for the first time. :lol: After a while i realized what i was doing, and quit before i lost all my money. But i just had to get a poem out of it! :p

[Niamh]

well you did a really good job! so good infact i think you deserve dancing bananas!:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[mir]

. . . YAYYY!!! My day is now complete. Thank you Niamh! *hugs* :D

[Taliesin]

Really a good poem, mir. Made us laugh too.

[Sir Dovesinn]

:nod:
verry enjoyble indeed.
amuzing, clear,up to date.