Trashify!

Blog 288:

Trashification …
As a concept it’s nothing new really
Before it is what it is …
Trash is someone’s original material find
It is a treasure spun and wheeled
It is something transformed
From once an object of desire
To one deemed superfluous … useless!


“From where does trash come?” you ask.

Oh … from here and there …

From yard sale or flea market hunt
From hand-me-downs
From impulsive store buys
From generous gifts
From a will to collect
From flirtatious want ...

Yeaah … that insatiable appetite for accumulating
And amassing anything … everything a heart craves
Or which money crazily obtains
By credit comfort or cold cash ...

Once claimed … acquired

It submits to a cycle of interest turned indignation:

First it’s cuddled and treasured dearly
Next it gets displayed out in the open
Even bragged about
Or focused upon time after time
It is an object of note for a while
‘Til its desirability withers
Its newness wanes
Its luster fades
Its existence ignored

The object’s transformation is inescapable:
Out-and-about … somewhere … off it goes
It is stored in a rightful spot on a shelf
Either tucked neatly … or pushed shabbily in a box
It is moved out of the house and into a shed
Then deliberately forgotten
Until by accident it is again “found”
Because the space it occupies is required
By that something else once cuddled … treasured
And leave … pass on … expire … it must
Trashify!