Sometimes

Sometimes I wish I were a collector. I'd have a moderate collection, a few show pieces, a few rarities with funny stories attached. I'd wish anyone would want to see my collection. I'd erect a strange museum, or maybe just put a curio in the living room, and people could come and look, ask questions. I'd hold a standing tour on Tuesdays and Fridays at 4pm with refreshments to follow. Cake and wine. Where are they now. How I knew them then. Maybe I'd set it down in third person, the narrator emotionally disconnected. This one blue and round, this one long and brown, this one deep, this one faded, not forgotten.

Oh but I am a collector in the end.

I know.