"junk drawer" by Laurie Molloy

I meant to do that

so long ago

that it became

a forgotten task-

never completed

left in the unfinished bin

and eventually transferred

to the junk drawer

to never be seen again,

until i went to squish

one more thing in there.

And it spilled over

reminding me

of all that is left undone

and painfully, i take

each thing out, one by one-

remembering all the plans

i had for all these

useless items-

and throw them out

to make room

for new junk.