Who knows what you may stumble upon
Perhaps a Ming vase, made in Taiwan
 
A white wedding dress for when love comes your way
A three tiered ceramic hors d'oevre tray
 
A dish for nuts complete with nutcracker
A dressing table covered in black lacquer
 
With doors that stick and drawers too loose
Items of value and others of no use.
 
Iron pots and chamber pots from days of old
When lavatories were few and nights were cold
 
A painting of a Chinese lady with a green face
Embroidered doileys edged with frayed lace
 
Black and white portraits once gazed fondly upon
Of people and places now long gone
 
A treasure map that looks bona fide
On the shelf with Ivanhoe, Black Beauty and Heidi
 
Blow up toys that will soon deflate
Pudding basins and old cracked plates
 
Fox fur coat with mothballs and stuffed fish
A hallmarked silver petit four dish
 
Come in and see what can be found
Need a set of encyclopaedia, all leather look bound
 
A string of what looks like genuine pearls
Hairdryers and rollers to make your hair curl
 
What looks like a fine cashmere shawl
Covering an old battered basketball
 
There's that lid for your square casserole
An old rug, lamp and bamboo fishing pole
 
Things that have known better days
Thrown out, rejected, a parting of the ways.