The objects we acquire and use in a lifetime
Each object touched, stored, cared for, worn
At one time were touched by some other human hands
If not at least thought about for its inception
Media objects: An audio CD compilation created by a friend
Or a long defunct organization of people
Some software lost to its epoch
Records never to be enjoyed or perceived again
Memories with objections to discarding an object
Knowing fully well that if one truly loves it, liberate it
Anthropologists can’t begin to fathom our waste
Which will remain forevermore long after we’re gone
Memory too holds the feelings carried in each object
To be vicariously lived and felt in the cosmos of “death”
But while the objects and objections exist, we can
Cherish, enjoy, recreate, share, admire, and release.
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