Ode To Old Things

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Ode To Old Things

Sam

Founder of Social Greenery

Here's to old things

and the space they inhabit

the way satisfaction with something old

crowds out new

crowds out more and more and more

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Here's to my truck

and the two lives it's lived

though once manufactured

two

hundred

thousand

miles, moments

compacted on one steel frame

‍

Here's to old jeans

always, always better than new

patched, soft

jeans that know the shape of me

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Here's to repairing

Here's to maintaining

Here's to cherishing

Here's to less

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For me

sustainability

is an old red truck.

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