After Winter's thaw
Cellar smells creep up
Into the bedroom
Musty dank unsettled thoughts
Clutter our Spring celebration

I roll up my sleeves
Beseech you to do the same
First I, then you sift through the debris
The unwanted, abandoned misfit toys
A childhood of memories like shards
Destroys

Together, we pick them up
Look them over, passing back and forth
Now & then, you & me, here & now
What to salvage from this mess?
Can this ******* busted up goods
Wreck your gentle hands?