Collecting Dust

I wonder

If inanimate objects sign up for jobs

Maybe heirlooms

Get the best jobs because they have something treasured,

Like Experience

Getting passed down from hand to hand

But I doubt this

Because

Some inanimate objects

Work full time

Collecting dust.

 

But still

We treasure them,

Empty boxes from grandmothers who passed

From hand to hand it travels

Collecting dust in the garage

We see it, wish we could say goodbye

But Mom always says

"No, that's from grandmother"

"No, that's an heirloom"

Or maybe

"No, we can't fire it, it's doing it's job,

Collecting dust!"

 

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VT

14 years old

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