A Place To Keep Things by Don Taco ( copyright 2014)

 A Place To Keep Things                                                                            

 by Don Taco

when I was just a child

they sent me off to grade school

my mother bought a brand new box of pencils

she was shocked

to learn before too long

I gave away the pencils

cause I was fascinated by the box

look! a place to keep things

I can put things in here

I can use this for the things I find

I can fill the box with things

I'm keeping in my pockets

I don’t think my mom and dad will mind

when we were first engaged

I scraped up a down payment

and showed a cottage to my bride to be

she could see

the kichen and the yard

had definite potential

the walk in closets captivated me

look! a place to keep things

I can put things in here

I can use this for the things I find

I can fill the closet with

the things I keep in boxes

I don’t think my family will mind

as the years went by

I filled up both garages

lined the attic space and filled that too

wouldn’t you

paved the whole back yard

bought some vans and campers

and invested in a shed or two

look! a place to keep things

I can put things in here

I can use this for the things I find

I can fill the sheds with things

I used to keep in closets

I don’t think the neighborhood will mind

now I'm old and grey and

I can’t even lift the boxes

my doctor got real solemn and he said

change your ways

he tried to scare me good, by

showing me a coffin, I

don’t think he expected me to say

look! a place to keep things

I can put things in here

I can use this for the things I find

I reject the notion

you can’t take it with you

I don’t think the man upstairs will mind

I can’t wait to see what else I find