Just keep looking straight ahead

The time has come and the blossoms are beginning to burst from their long dormancy from this unusually long and cold winter, and people are starting to peek out of their doors all pasty white and vitamin D deficient. And as tradition holds, in our long captivity from old man winter we have had a long time to look at and become sick of the large amounts of "stuff" that fills every nook, cranny, shelf, and drawer. Our capitalist nature begins to take hold and the garage/yard sales begin to sprout, like the dot coms of the 90's, it starts with just one, then you can't walk down the street without tripping over three hand made signs with convenient times locations and arrows to get you to the sure fire sale of the century.

So now you've done all the work, you have collected everything that you would like to get rid of and its all nicely tagged and placed for optimal viewing by the throngs of people that surely will come parading by your treasure laden trove. Sure enough the first seekers of fine appurtenances, come into view and begin perusing your rejected belongings. After a minute or two they give you the perfunctory smile and off they go, and then it hits you, why didn't they want any of your prized possessions? Are they too good for your "stuff"? and for the rest of the day you are watching each face as they come by, some quickly glancing through your "junk", while others just keep walking trying not to make eye contact confirming what you now know, no one wants your collection of Elvis memorabilia, tape deck from your 77 ford, or your never been used buns of steel cassette tape.