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It must be in our genes to collect things. Our bounty paraded along tables and mantles. Eventually life shifts gears and priorities change. The critics seep in, our collections are thinned. Just a batch of clutter too soon to be forgotten. Marbles and shells boxed into attics and closets. Cabbage patch kids kissing attic spiders in darkness. Everything will be picked through after the collector is dead. By people not seen in ages Collections going from priceless to penny in a half generation.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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Date: 11/27/2018 11:32:00 AM
I collect people, and social media was a way to get in touch with them. It was hilarious to me today that my college roommate, who has been my "social media" friend for at least nine years asked me when I moved to Kansas. Um, twelve years ago. So much for being close. This poem brings it all home for me. I have been to estate sales, and frankly, nothing feels colder, meaner, or less private. It feels like the buzzards are there to get what is left of the road kill. I keep thinking I need to sort, but even I am intimidated by all this junk.
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