Collecting spreads like infection
Collecting creates connection
Connection leads to correction
Correction is like resurrection
As a child I collected stamps
Which showed dancers in national dress
The colours of the national flags
Then coins with Queen's hats I liked best
I then collected small thimbles
Stored in a case hung on the wall
Though I've moved on, they haven't gone
I dust and make sure they won't fall
I collect clothes, caps and ear-rings
I collect scarves and belts and gloves
Collecting jewels, pretty things
In every shade, that's what I love
Sewing machine instructions, cards
Though many craft shops went away
They might open again one day
Their cards come in useful one day
What can I paint on a tee-shirt?
On a postcard or birthday card?
Copy fake flowers or a dress
From my vast store that is not hard
Now my friends have passed away, I
Collect poets' obituaries
I note dress codes for funerals
Cute quotes on invites to cemeteries.
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I accidentally saved my previous poem 550 to my blog on clothes, so I reworte it with verses on clothes.. S
