• one key. losing patience with all of the keys. shall i toss them all?
• one book. aged out.
• two chargers. they must go to something, but what?
• one pair hiking shoes. these have escaped the purge too many times.

• a big glass block. i made it. so i can throw it away.
• a fragment of a story i wrote. boring.
• another air conditioner remote control. i can't believe they make these.
• a small tub of body butter. which seems to have gone off.
• a key. no idea what it might unlock.

• one cd. not sure how this one has survived the purge.
• one tiny bottle of lotion. ditto
• one key. to someone's car...
• one nail clipper for pets. sad reminder of all the pets.
• one black christmas tree soap, covered in green glitter. creepy.

• one pair of slippers. too well used, and too unsightly for further use.
• all the plastic plates and bowls. did i learn nothing from montessori?
• a key that fits no locks. somewhere a door is permanently closed.
• two throw pillows. the name says it all.

• another key. what would it unlock?
• a curtain tie-back. superfluous.
• a printer software disc. i'm almost free of discs, forever.
• an ink cartridge. i know i am supposed to recycle these, but sometimes...
• a shirt. shrunken intentionally, but not successfully.

• two keys. to a door i plan to throw away soon.
• three tiny rubber things. for bottles. or decoration. or something.

• two keys. which do not fit any of my four exterior doors.
• one bottle of sunscreen. still skeptical about the one-year expiration hue and cry.
• a wok-with-a-handle. came with the house.
• a bolo tie. despite the gorgeous piece of jasper on the clasp.