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Junk


under the bed, up on a shelf
hung on a nail, thrown in a pail

stacked in a box, stuffed in a can
packed in a drawer, stood in a corner

everything ends up somewhere
temporary residence or a permanent home
 with others of its kind, or by itself all alone

junk and treasures and useful stuff
that won't be used , maybe won't  be moved
until it's finally thrown away in a flurry
of life changing declutterification

or else,  given to someone who can be conned
into assuming ownership of  the item

that person can then either make good use their new stuff
or more likely relegate it to a new place of  keeping
where it will plague the new owner with,
at first, dreams of clever utilization,

and later , with regrets and self-recriminations
for the time wasted as the stuff of past aquisitions
is re-located ,re-organized ,  re-piled, 
and is eventually re-classified as   junk once again

And then it is given away or sold, or donated, 
or otherwise gotten rid of 
cycling out of its dusty corner into someone elses' life

or  maybe finally  making it to the crusher where
the recycling process can prepare it for re-utilization
as a whole new component of manufacture

something that someone somewhere
wants or needs or can't live without
— Edevold, Jul 26, 2008

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easylife_2

17 years 10 months ago

Nice ending

I really like the way the poem progressed and the ending was a stark contrast,spitting out it's message clearly and I likes the language most especially.Thank you
themoonman

themoonman

17 years 10 months ago

Edevold...

I do hope you've entered the code for the July contest for this poem as I believe this is exactly the theme asked for.. well done... declutterification.. loved it.. Richard
infinite_dwarf

infinite_dwarf

17 years 10 months ago

Edevold

One man's junk is another man's treasure. Really liked this one, especially the flow. "declutterification" - awesome! That would make for a great title, I think. ~Jess K. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "As I was going up the stair, I met a man who was not there, he wasn't there again today, I wish that man would go away!"
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amalzamani

17 years 10 months ago

declutterification

, I believe would make an excellent title. I like the subject and how it can be read at a deeper level especially when you said at the end "or can’t live without" The first three stanzas flow smoothly with a short beat, but then the lines become longer and the rhythm is lost! perhapse shortening some lines will help. Enjoyable one...thnak you Ed.
Edevold

Edevold

17 years 10 months ago

It's almost a short poem with a parenthetical commentary

It's almost a short poem with a parenthetical aside wedged into the middle, and the short lines resuming in the last stanza at the end. It's ok. I'm not striving for poetical perfection, just writing down streams of thoughts.