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Rummage—
From the Old Dutch “ruim”
A compartment
In sailing vessels
For storage
Of rum
Of other goods
Of things saved or discarded
In port
Ruims would be cleared
Empty rum casks
Broken tools
Odds and ends
Bits of rope or wood
Piled on the dock
To be sold
Churches have rummage sales
Connections to rum
Untroubling for my
Episcopal sensibilities BUT
Do temperance teaching
Denominations need
Non-alcoholic names
For their annual sales?
About the Creator
Chuck Etheridge
Novelist, Teacher, Transplanted West Texan, Reluctant Poet
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