What of the broken
the dull
the old

What of the useless
the few
the dim

Do we call them gems?
For their vintage is value
or are they garbage
their rust is their death

but it's only ever
one or the other
and I wonder if we
are the same as the broken
the same as the dull
the same as the old

Perhaps we grow useless
and few
and dim

and we someday become
one or the other