Collection

Is a box of sheet protectors
a collection? How many 
of anything do I need
to qualify?

Three tortoises: one
ceramic, one pottery,
one beaded. Is that
enough?

Small wooden animals,
figurines from Asia
representing female
musicianship - bakelite
and old plastic boxes
my father left behind,
Is there no end to
useless 
accretion?

I walk through my house
seeing out the corner of eye
hearing at edge of hearing
a world where value
is in simply existing.