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Throw Things Away? No Way!

(with apologies to Dr. Suess)

Oh, the burden on people who constantly say

they don’t have a clue how to throw things away

so, to their dismay, their things stay, they stay.

But wherever you move them, they’re still in the way

so their bulk can confound you another day;

so throw them away, you say, you say.

But why should I throw them away today

when they might come in handy another day?

Throw them away? No way, I say.

They require too much space. They’re just in the way.

You’ll feel so much better, you say, you say,

Unencumbered by stuff, you’ll have time to go play.

But to do what you’re saying would take me all day

and tomorrow and next week and clear into May.

I’d sooner forego all the fuss and just say

I don’t need to toss out my stuff to go play.

I’m happy with things as they are here today

I can live with the clutter, so please go away.

24 March 2016

Tim Konrad