Sunday, July 4, 2010

#2, which is a list of things that belong to me

Clothing, worn before,
a dresser painted pink,
hairdryer,
purse,
phone,
toothbrush,
keys to get in,
bottles of vitamins,
empty bottles of vitamins,
deodorant and
stale perfume,
blocks of linoleum,
a rubbermaid container full of used paper,
set of paints so cheap I have to keep and
a set of paints to sell,
books and
four in a meagre collection of artists books,
a mirror, lipstick stained,
a card table,
cue cards in a corresponding case,
soap, inherited,
a set of measuring cups to look like little ladies
stacked inside each other, cradling and
a flawed set of bowls with pears,
box of fabric,
box of yarn, handspun,
pens and
pencils and
knives and
scissors and
combs and
bobby pins,
earrings in an antique box marked
"L" from a lover who didn't know my name,
stretchers,
frames and
a polaroid of a lookalike shopping in November,
vinyl letters,
love letters,
fanmail, unsent and
letraset,
sketchbooks, coil-bound,
sketchbooks, hard-bound,
three sets of collector coins from an uncle
I just met
(he bought me lunch)
peter rabbit in porcelain and also stuffed,
things,
measuring tape,
ukuleles,
a desk and two chairs,
a bottle of wine,
an accordion duct-taped,
two clarinets,
pan flutes,
vegetables and
lentil buns and
leftovers
and
candles,
board games,
unicycle,
bike lock,
baggage lock,
combination lock,
a lock of mullet hair,
helmet,
photographs,
and miscellany,
two circus figurines that
go limp when you push them from a lover who knew my name,
a camera, inherited,
camera paid-for,
credit cards,
memory cards,
magnets,
a laptop, July hot and sticky,
pairs of shoes and
sandals,
scarves,
kercheifs,
baskets,
bookshelves,
a zebra towel,
jars of spices and
jars that still smell like spices,
shampoo for fine and oily hair,
bottles for water and
for paint,
rags soaked in linseed,
six plants,
privilege,
(and also art)
and this receipt, which
on the back
is a list of things that belong to me.

1 comment:

  1. I LOVE LISTS SO MUCH.
    awesome ending and great know-your-name/doesn't opposition! :)

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