Taking Stock

I was thinking the other day about what I had, what I'd be leaving behind. I wrote everything in a list. It's surprisingly short. The list ended up as a poem.

Taking Stock

7 T shirts, colors and patterns

4 t-shirts, white, work

2001 Toyota Corolla, 92k, red, mom

2 pairs blue jeans, denim

1 pair black jeans, darker denim

thirty unmatched socks

2 pairs black socks

5 pairs boxers

3 pairs boxerbriefs

2 Leather jackets, Christmas, the third world

1 sweatshirt, 1 sweater, both Ecuador

12 swords, African history

3 spears, no shaft, knowledge

4 pairs shoes, waiter, climber, adventurer, high schooler

2 lighters, rotating stock

1 glass mason jar, old habits

1 computer, liquid cooled monster, ADHD

1 large television, unused, status

many books

1 helmet, caring

1 motorcycle, freedom