In Every Bin Of Trash

In every bin

Of trash,

Something

Useful

Lies

Discarded.

When something

Outlasts its usefulness,

We tend to throw it away,

But we keep things

We ought

To toss.

We find value

In assigned

Ways.

Our measurements

Of worth

Is as arbitrary

As it is

Formulaic.

The saying

About treasure

Surely didn’t

Account for the amount

Of trash

We’d have to sift

Through.

One man’s

Trash

Is everyone’s

Chance for

Treasure.

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