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Why Do We Keep a Drawer of Junk?

Memories

What else

Smell of years put away

Not behind

Away within reach

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Found keys

Lost locks

Mismatched life

Staying put and lost

Like us

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Screws, bolt, two nuts, a thread

Tool

Jobs unfinished

Spare coins

Little change

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Paper clip here

Once held important papers

Elasticated band of rubber

Because they are here

Stuff for unclear purpose

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Collected

Proof of past times

Sum of years

Pick up old key

Feel

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Darker than remembered

Older

Smaller

Copy of lost original

Like us

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Content’s meaning?

Missing stuff gone to better places

Reminder of some things

Later remembered

Important enough to save again

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Save

If only for the hope

Found better days

Lost in random disjointed events

Like us

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Organized

In one disorganized place

At least we know

Un-jogged memory

Kept close

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No memories

Hate to throw out

What if

One day stumble across

Things matched

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Good thing this drawer of junk

Keep close what’s lost

To keep

Keep

Like us

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