Now the bag has another owner

Many thanks for S Bee for her fantastic entry to our competition and blog. S Bee is very passionate about writing and poetry, and her work frequently appears in publications. She also runs an email writing group. Find out more at: www.sbee.orgfree.com We really appreciate her kind decision to support the Voices project.

Round and Round

Millie gave a bag to her daughter in law

She’d had it too long, it held no flaw

Tracey hated it, so donated

The charity shop were so elated

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Jude loved vintage, it was her thing

Bright colours and a bit of bling

Jude so liked the low price tag

And thought to herself, ‘I’ll have that bag!’

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She was such an impulse buyer

but the bag’s colour didn’t match her attire

So off it went, to another charity

Could it be sold for fifty pee?

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The shop’s manager took it instead

She liked the hue, a strong deep red

But it got stolen on a long train ride

The bag was empty, so she didn’t really mind

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The train cleaner sneaked it home

He could sell it to pay off a loan

He’d try to flog it at the big car boot

Perhaps it was worth a lot of loot?

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Jack picked up a bargain that day

A bag for his wife, not a lot to pay

Pat put it on an auction site

It sold very quickly, in fact that night

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Now the bag has another owner

A sixty- something Scot called Shona

In another month or two

This bag will pass – to me or you?

S Bee, West Yorkshire

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