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one man’s trash

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While working for an estate-sale firm, I held the contents of a family’s household in my hands, one object at a time.

In an instant I would decide the fate of each item:

• sell
• donate
• trash

The crew leaders let you take trash home.

I kept these pieces of garbage and now they’re mine.

Each of us should be so lucky, to leave behind this kind of clutter when we die.

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hers

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his

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his poem

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