Jack Ellison Poet Quatrain

This Might Become Valuable Stuff

Can't believe how much junk we collect
In our normal day to day living
Won't throw stuff out, may need it again
Napkins from last year's Thanksgiving

Hankies Mom used to keep in her sleeve
Smelled good but not anymore
Love letters from a sweetheart of mine
Old pictures we took by the score

Some preserves from the nineteen-sixties
They're sure looking kind of iffy
Don't open the jar for fear little animals
Will jump out and bite off your bippy

An argyle sweater my Daddy once had
The suit I wore at four years old
Walked down the aisle with the flower girl 
When my sister got married I'm told

Junk we keep, cause someday we'll need it
But someday never quite reaches us
So we keep on gathering this useless junk
This “might become valuable” stuff


© Jack Ellison 2013

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Carol Eastman June 28, 2013 at 8:18 AM My Hubby is a serious junk collector... I have Dragon fire it up from time to time to help me out... (or would if I could...) Reality isn't near as good as my fantasy's sometimes... LOL

Shadow Hamilton June 28, 2013 at 6:39 AM lol I know exactly what you mean I am terrible. I now follow my sister's advice if when spring cleaning chuck anything you haven't used for a year. It helps lol That aside I love your write Shadow x smiles

Russell Sivey June 28, 2013 at 5:41 AM I know exactly what you mean, we have a system, if it hadn't been used within the past five years we toss it, except photos and such memorabilia. Of course what you described are a lot of these memorabilia, so certainly understand keeping them. But of course you can evaluate them further and see if they are really worth keeping, only you can judge that because the memories are within you from these items! This is a grand write my friend! I truly loved reading this awesome poem, Great Work!!