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#995270 added October 7, 2020 at 12:08pm
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Archivist of the Lost Collections
Just a thought, looking at a seal on an envelope while taking out recylcing...

a scrapbook on a heap of possessions
unwanted like her
in memory
of which she only knew
as philatelist
the grooved edges,
inked markings whether
to gently remove, as glue
from the base before
mounting exquisite gems
from envelopes sent
the notes within
historical keepsakes their own
who knows where they've been
but for one sentimentalist
spared by the innocence of one
who would dare keep
the legend living on
cherish obsessive waste
to them just something
to pile on a heap of remnants --
a scrapbook.


10.7.20

Thinking how we throw out every little think, rather than collect keepsakes and mementos.

This could use further reflection. not a stamp collector, but former scrap-booker. Not a good family archivist, which my mother was.

Not a good poem titler.

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