• one curtain rod. too short and ugly.
• another curtain rod. which i meant to fix eight years ago.
• two pamphlets from a previous job. goodbye and good luck.
• paperwork from a long ago fmla leave. who cares?

• one small skateboarding helmet. that was a fun phase.
• three t-shirts. if they didn't get worn all summer...
• one poster. i still love you, barak obama.

• an ugly art project. it happens.
• a leopard-print change purse. ???
• a portable dvd player. ancient technology!
• a cell phone external charger. whatever.
• a set of glasses. a gift that has been hard to let go of.

• a pair of beloved crocs. even gardening shoes reach a point of no return.
• a clock. it's been showing the wrong time for at least two weeks, so apparently i don't really use it.
• seven bottles of nail polish. an obsession comes to an end.

• one graphic novel. it's zeus!
• one tube of lip gloss. extremely pink.
• one glue pen. which seems like one iteration too many.
• a neti pot. such a great idea. but no.
• one dishtowel? cleaning cloth? with a lovely tree motif.

• a small piece of the car. which no longer fits.
• a vacuum attachment. which is just plain dumb.
• a tablecloth. never quite clean enough.
• a pile of small day of the dead paper plates. cake, please.
• a stack of birthday paper plates. still no cake.

• twenty paper grocery bags. not sure how this keeps happening.