Three biros, two with lids,
A tarnished 50 pence
Two 2ps and a 1 gone dull,
A plastic gun now bent.

An sticky old sweet wrapper,
A broken lolly stick,
Token from a forgotten game,
A dusty paperclip.

A tired toothless comb,
Illegible receipt,
A Panini football sticker,
Now ripped without its feet.

A family history and
Memories of the past,
A record of their years,
Found down old sofa arms.

I spent the morning dismantling our old sofas too take them to the ‘dump’. The amount that came out from inside them was astonishing!
(29.11.25)

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