Tacky

A box of Tacky thumb tacks

Was Sally donated yesterday

This morning

I heard Bob Barker say

Hopeful, come on down

To the Price Is Wrong

Buy your second, third, fourth

Tacky hand-me-down

Look for the best deal in the store

If you want to be hers

Don’t be flashy, gaudy,

Be her Tacky romantack

At the overpriced second-hand

I was fine-tuning all the castoffs

Hoping none of this was infected

Picked up a lonely box of thumb tacks

I perused all the wares and saw

The upside-down cashier’s lips

I hoped today I could pin that up

With this box of lockjaw

Look for the best deal in the store

If you want to be hers

Don’t be flashy, gaudy,

Be her Tacky romantack

Hi... I am ready to cash out

May I ask you a question

Is this lonely box of thumb tacks

You know too Tacky? Tacky?

She handles cash, but nothing else registers

See you tomorrow, Sally

Ann, you know me

I may be deaf, but not dumb

What’s your read on Tack Head?

Always asking if this is TAGGY?

Tacky, Tacky, Sally

--- Read the signs, not his lips

Tack Head is having a love heart attack

Tacky, Tacky but so damn romantack

There in the exit door window

Between the Tacky finger tracks

I pause to look back again

Hey-- did Sally just grin

A box of Tacky thumb tacks

Was Sally donated yesterday

This morning

I heard Bob Barker say

Hopeful, come on down

To the Price Is Wrong

Buy your fifth, sixth, seventh

Tacky hand-me-down

Sally is the best deal in the store

If you want to be hers

Don’t be flashy, gaudy,

Be her Tacky romantack

Be her Tacky romantack

© 2026 John Osinga. All rights reserved. St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.

Genre: Americana / Comic Folk | Mood: Playful / Romantic / Tender