Old shoes
Old clothes
Old me
Old you
Old home
New words
New tales
New songs
New beginning
New secrets
New furnishings
Where do I keep my
Oldness
Amidst this bizarre
Newness
The madness of
Not knowing
Not following
At the airport
While saying goodbye ?
At the bus stop
Letting them go by ?
At the train station
Puffing up with the engine ?
At the shore ?
If the ship gets wrecked ?
Then what ?
She shakes her head
And laughs
It's the latest technology
They don't get wrecked
We have to just throw away
What we can't repair
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Ah, both the old and the new have things to recommend them!
ReplyDeleteYes, they do Rosemary. It's all about adaptability.
DeleteRepair ? No such thing now. We live in a throw out society. The waste is scandalous!
ReplyDeleteI remember those days of yore when every piece was a one time expenditure
DeleteI'm a keeper. And I like to tinker, so what I cannot fix, I convert into things of new uses. That doesn't mean I never buy new things, I just don't like waste, and I get attached to things, places, people :-)
ReplyDeleteI am like you. I attach values to everything I use and keep using till they are threadbare which does not go well with the generation next.
DeleteI'm with Dawn above in being a keeper. I might cry if we ever down sized. I do like new people, guess that comes from teaching.
ReplyDeleteI am with you Jim. I like changes but in measured ways not total overhaul.
DeleteAlmost everything can get digitized/digitalized these days.
ReplyDeleteAnd these revamped digital possessions get corrupted. Pictures...video recordings...voice recordings...all beyond repair and very often you don't even know what you stand to lose.
And what cant be repaired you sometimes simply have to let em go without closure. And that thought makes me feel sad :(
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CRD
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DeleteOh wonderful I am surely keeping the oldness We even have a kitchen from 1945 Love it
ReplyDeleteWow!! Your kitchen is antique now. I live to have and use old things.
ReplyDeleteUse and throw is here for sure. Oldies are not wanted anymore. That's a reminder for me 😊
ReplyDeleteIt's a reminder for everyone.
DeleteIm very much of the mindset now, if I haven't used or worn something in couple of years,out it goes. Im more thoughtful with what I buy esp clothes, thinking do I just like it or will I actually wear it.
ReplyDeleteCannot keep everything can we, however much we may like to.
Yes. Very true.
DeleteWe are definitely living in a throw-out society. My mother hated food waste most of all. She was right.
ReplyDeleteI don't like wasting things...though some things (like baby clothes) are most useful when passed on to others who need them, and some (like the inedible parts of food) when composted or burned. That's not waste. But I usually find at least one more use for every container before it goes into the recycling. Call me a shopping bag, plastic bottle, glass jar hoarder who will. I may have a stash of these things but I do use them.
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