Junk

as a species, we seem obsessed with collecting junk we've been doing so ever since we stopped being mere hunter-gatherers and started farming the land we soon started collecting broken spear tips and old bones to display in our huts and other things that fueled our interest and so, junk morphed into wealth civilization gave rise to manufacturing throw-away items and yet, so few things were ever thrown away we invented junk these days we have dedicated drawers and whole rooms to our junk and we're always willing to hoard even more from whoopee cushions to exercise equipment we tend to hang onto our junk our consumerism culture is fueled by an endless supply of junk and we assign it value based upon our emotional attachment to it

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Constance La France

Date: 4/3/2023 3:53:00 PM

Emile, excellent writing and thank you for sharing your poem in my Writing Challenge congratulations !

Emile Pinet
Date: 4/4/2023 6:50:00 AM

Thanks, Constance, I appreciate your comments and my placement my friend, Emile.

Ann Peck

Date: 3/9/2023 5:14:00 PM

Congratulations, Emile! It is funny how humans collect junk, adding more and more with time. Kind of like dogs hiding bones. :) I enjoyed your poem!

Emile Pinet
Date: 3/10/2023 7:37:00 AM

Thanks, Ann, as always, I appreciate your comments, we are all junk alcoholics, my friend, Emile.

Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 3/9/2023 1:07:00 PM

Welcome reminder Emile. I need to do some "housecleaning". LOL Congratulations on your win! :)

Emile Pinet
Date: 3/9/2023 4:12:00 PM

Thanks, Linda, as always, I welcome and appreciate your comments my friend, Emile.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 3/9/2023 9:57:00 AM

- Today there is far too much "use and throw away" ... far too much junk on our planet ... congratulations on your win in the contest, Emile :) - hugs

Emile Pinet
Date: 3/9/2023 11:58:00 AM

Thanks, Sunshine, as always, I appreciate your comments my friend, Emile.

Suzette Richards

Date: 3/6/2023 10:07:00 PM

I was thinking the other day of the attic at my Grandma's house. As children we enjoyed rummaging through all the junk. If mankind should today suffer a fate similar to Pompeii, what would future archeological digs find? Everyone clutching a cellphone... Yes, we like junk. Well written, Emile.

Suzette Richards
Date: 3/7/2023 8:43:00 AM

Give credit where credit is due, that is my motto :))

Emile Pinet
Date: 3/7/2023 7:25:00 AM

Thanks, Suzette, this is high praise indeed, coming from you my friend, Emile.

Daniel Turner

Date: 3/6/2023 3:02:00 PM

I like females that have a little junk in their trunk but other than that, not so much. Reads like a winner, Emile. Good luck.

Emile Pinet
Date: 3/7/2023 7:24:00 AM

Thanks, Daniel, I appreciate your comments my friend, Emile.

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 3/6/2023 2:57:00 PM

Hello Emile, yes Emile one man's junk is one man's treasure. Although we keep the items that mean a lot to us. Which is priceless. I hope all is well with you my friend. Enjoy your evening my friend.

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 3/7/2023 10:28:00 AM

Hello Emile, my positive is strong Emile. I always look forward coming here. Hearing from you. You stay positive to my friend...Your Friend, /Darlene/

Emile Pinet
Date: 3/7/2023 7:23:00 AM

Thanks, Darlene, it is always nice to hear from you, stay safe, and stay positive, my friend, Emile.