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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
i wrote some books and gave away library. i like to think that every poem is a love poem. i believe that "No" is a full sentence. i used to collect old books and young cats. i don't like noisy people, places or things. my three favourite words: yes, please, thank you. my favourite punctuation mark is the colon: i have a beautiful cat, a bicycle, an old typewriter, and a ladle. these things make me happy.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

STUFF AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT

The Ole Junk Pile and what to do with it all.
It can be overwhelming.

Here's a little trick I learned years ago:

Touch something twice, throw it out. It's simple.
Don't think about it or you'll never be able to do it.

You have to HEARTLESS.
Not easy to do.

Anything that you touch every day, you keep.

Anything that you've touched twice means you never really NEEDED it.

Yes, getting rid of STUFF we treasure will cause heart palpitations
and darn near fainting.
But it will be worth the trip. You will feel LIGHTER. Travel FASTER.
Be less nailed down to your STUFF.

You know what houses are for?

STUFF.

And when we have too much STUFF we all need BIGGER houses to keep
more STUFF.

It never ends.

I have STUFF.
I throw STUFF out.
Get more STUFF.

It is painful all that STUFF.
We love our STUFF.
Save yourself from STUFF.

Now go get rid of your STUFF.
More STUFF is coming.

Get STUFFED.

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Thanks to my friend Sarah for the inspiration
about STUFF. Wouldn't have thought about it
right now. Now I do.

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