Ode to Stuff

I shop

Then I see it

I love it

So I buy it

Bring it home

In a plastic bag

Take it out

Admire it

Dust it

Move it around

Dust it again

O gaudy candlestick

Deep red pillow

Fake fern

I tire of you

Store you

Box you up

Put you in the downstairs closet

With all the other stuff

Then

Sleek shiny candlestick

Bright red pillow

And fresh living plants

That will die

Dried up leaves to 

Throw into the ditch

Plastic container for the garbage bin

When the winds of renewal

Stir once more

Closets empty

Plastic bags fill with junk

Another trip to the dump

I want to boost

The economy

I do, but

Someone must stop me

Before

I 

Shop

Again!