Thats nice Oh, I like that It'll look good on the shelf Now stuck in that drawer, gathering ill heath The football programmes The bottles of bleach from the Tenerife sun-tan The school nativity play from your neighbour Stan All shoved in the closet With the receipt for the apartment deposit Gathering dust for that day that you want it Forgotten in the turns of time Like that vinegar once bought decayed in brine Stuck in the cupboard behind the lemon and lime We look at it and always sadly mutter I love it I'll use it one day This endless debris of useless, worthless, selfless,
Clutter
“Out of clutter, find simplicity.” ― Albert Einstein
“Clutter is my natural habitat.” ― Maggie Stiefvater, The Scorpio Races
“...that once were urgent and necessary for an orderly world and now were buried away, gathering dust and of no use to anyone.” ― Patricia A. McKillip, Alphabet of Thorn
“I like working among ‘creative clutter’. It gives me a sense of activity and achievement.”― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1