No Boxed Gifts

No Boxed Gifts

A Poem by Elton Camp
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Incredibly, some brides are actually doing this.

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No Boxed Gifts

 

By Elton Camp

 

Anytime some wedding is in the offing,

Up with a gift you better be coughing

To say a gift’s expected is terribly crass

It shows the person inviting is low class

 

But apparently there is just no end to gall

For brides trying to get the preferred haul

At times, down at the bottom of the RSVP,

“No boxed gifts” is put there for you to see

 

What this actually means is clear enough

We want cash and not some crummy stuff

But when an invitation for this does call,

I intend to take it to mean, “No gift at all”

© 2011 Elton Camp


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That's interesting… Not all that new to me though, since people in my culture give money for weddings anyway. Good job.

Posted 13 Years Ago



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Elton Camp
Elton Camp

Russellville, AL



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I am retired from college teaching/administration and writing as a hobby. My only "publications" are a weekly column in our local newspaper. Most of my writing is prose, but I do produce some "poetr.. more..

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