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To be a Waste
Do not let me waste when my time has ceased
Use me for more useful things
Use my skin for carpet throws
Put me in a window; let me model your clothes
File my bones and use them for forks
They’re real handy things, maybe make a
Spoon
or
a
spork
You can take my hair, but don’t let it waste
Wrap it around your arms, you head, your neck, or your face
Use it for scarves, or a coat of the wealthier taste
My eyes are bright, perfect for lamps
My eyelids for clams, my iris’s for stamps
Put them in your front porch light
to greet your visitors, when it’s dark at night
Take all my fingers, and even my toes
use them for pens, for writing
love notes
Curl them around your wrist for a bracelet
even your leg for a brand new anklet
Do not take my pieces and hide them in the ground
For I was not made
to
be
a
Waste
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