Materialistic

In our living room, 2007:
Two rats in an aquarium
A beta fish in a different aquarium,
a television set next to a rack of videos and DVDs
my UNI Bachelor of Arts degree
$210 on a coffee table that's really an end table
three blankets from Mexico, 2 from our parents' houses
popcorn on the carpet
photos of family and friends on shelves on the wall
a stack of magazines I've yet to read
a library book I've yet to return
Cubs hats, candles and kleenex
incense, check stubs and an unfinished puzzle of Mt. Rushmore
a square of knitted red yarn, linked to yards of rolled-up
red yarn awaiting to be knitted
a mural of a house by a lake in the mountains we could
never hope to afford
the linen closet door cracked open
my coin collection in a jar
two scarves advertising soccer teams
containers filled with item to be recycled
and a wind chime.
Though, the wind hasn't blown through here for many,
many years. It will again someday.