I can’t find my stuff

I think what I need is hidden somewhere

In a corner of my home, but I cannot spare

Enough time to try to find it, it is possible indeed

That I actually do not have at home what I need

So I just order the required stuff online

It takes one click, the app is designed

To make online ordering completely painless

It saves me precious time, I confess

Usually I have my merchandise

At my doorstep sooner than I realize

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The stuff I’ve ordered gets used a few times and is banished subsequently

To a cavernous corner of my home, and I do not see

That object for several months and even years

Into the cache of forgotten stuff it disappears

This cycle continues, and eventually I acquire

Several copies of the stuff that I require

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One rare day, to declutter I decide

As I empty from closets things hidden inside

I find duplicates of stuff ordered over the years

My consumerism is wasteful, it is clear

I keep buying more instead of looking after my possessions

I seem to have less time and more disposable income, in true confession

I am partly responsible for the landfills filling up fast

With non-biodegradable stuff that for centuries will last

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I must learn to keep my stuff organized

I must take care of my possessions prized

Let this be my cue to declutter today

Let me trim the excess away

Published by Docpoet

A mother, a physician by profession, fiercely passionate about work, family, travel and fashion..

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