Naked in December
Why are people so enamored
with things?

Things, stuff, shit, clutter
in boxes, piles, corners, garages
and storage units
49.95
a
month
for shit we
can't even see...

Shopping malls and Walmarts,
swap meets, internet auctions,
Couture fashion, 287 pairs
of shoes...Hammacher
Schlemmacher, odds and
ends
in catalogs and thrift shops.

we buy, buy, buy, spend
dollars, clams, greenbacks
and moolah...

Got to have credit
with 25 percent interest.
A wallet full of non-biodegradeable
plastic
shackles.

We bring home stuff, put
stuff in our cars, stuff
at the office...
Shove it in cases and cabinets,
on shelves
to ooh and ahh
and
collect dust...

Attics and garages and
basements to crawl in
the dark and
swear
when we can't find this
stuff or remember what
we bought that shit for...

I think if we all got
naked
and left...
our wallets and handbags
indoors...
walked outside and left
the car in the garage...
and checked it all at
the door...
inhibition and Victoria's
Secret underwear,
greed and GAP pants,
money and Manolos...

held hands and felt the
earth under our feet,
drank the rain and tasted
the air...

Looked around a little
without seeing Rolexes,
rings or race...

We would
remember.