TODAYS TREASURES

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="0440eb82ermwup.jpg"> <bR> <div> ''EDEWEISE"</div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-499/edelweiss.mid" autostart="false" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> sound control</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="food for thought 3 homepage"><B>BACK TO HOME 3</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GUESTBOOK"><B>VISIT GUESTBOOK</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="memories.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MEMORIES"><B>BACK TO MEMORIES</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="memories.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MEMORIES"><B>SELECTION PAGE</B></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="043b85f1ermwup.jpg"> <div> <B>FOOD FOR THOUGHT MEMORIES</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I>TODAYS TREASURES</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="362" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 2642 WIDTH="358"><bR> <div> "TODAY'S TREASURES, </div> <div> TOMORROW'S TRASH"</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Should your day become depressing</div> <div> and you want to change your view,</div> <div> then go into your attic and search it through and through,</div> <div> and you will find your worries.. shrinking down to few,</div> <div> by finding something's up there </div> <div> that once were part of you.</div> <bR> <div> When I entered into mine</div> <div>  to clean things up for spring,</div> <div> I came upon some boxes wrapped in rotting string.</div> <div> I brushed away the cobwebs that to those cartons clung;</div> <div> strung across the rafters where other items hung.</div> <bR> <div> My anticipation soared </div> <div> as I opened up a box;</div> <div> the first things I discovered</div> <div>  were our children's baby socks.</div> <div> Next, their baby clothes and a dehydrated rose,</div> <div> also hair from curly locks.</div> <bR> <div> A pack of pacifiers, some Sears and Roebuck "flyers"</div> <div> and a book by Dr. Spock, the one on chicken pox!</div> <div> Other little frilly things like underwear with laces;</div> <div> a coat or two, a dress of blue and two worn-out suitcases.</div> <bR> <div> Some pairs of jeans, some blues and greens,</div> <div> and some had stain - like traces.</div> <div> A game of "rook", a photo book</div> <div> of babies smiling faces.</div> <bR> <div> Also baby shoes in bronze</div> <div>  and uniforms they donned.</div> <div> They now restore my thoughts of all that we were fond.</div> <div> Both sons and I in little league, as coach and players bond.</div> <div> I found baseball kits, some bats and mitts, all I thought were gone.</div> <bR> <div> All our children now are grown,</div> <div>  married with their own,</div> <div> Forgotten were these tokens-</div> <div> lost in cardboard's tomb.</div> <div> These souvenirs bring on the tears- which grips me to the bone.</div> <div> But as I sigh, my wife and I realize a job well done!</div> <bR> <div> Another box, inside some frocks, and gown of long ago,</div> <div> r<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#CCFF00" FACE="Arial" >ecalls my bride in slowly stride, her face in all its glow.</FONT></div> <div> I found her shoes still shiny bright</div> <div>  and Bible just as white,</div> <div> with orchid dried below it's bow, </div> <div> and photos of the site-</div> <div> at wedding's champagne flow.</div> <bR> <div> Beneath that stack, my trousers black, a tie and coat of white.</div> <div> Other clothes I thought disposed </div> <div> and shoes that were too tight.</div> <div> A wallet worn and britches torn </div> <div> when bending o'er that night.</div> <div> All this stuff has held up tough-</div> <div> lost and long from sight.</div> <div> Other things discovery brings-</div> <div> makes my day complete;</div> <div> old picture frames and model trains and set of drums we beat.</div> <div> Crafts we made- now dull and frayed, boxed up head to feet!</div> <div> My scrapbooks show that long ago,</div> <div>  my baseball days were sweet.</div> <div> As I look around I'm duty bound to keep these items stored;</div> <div> for come the days which</div> <div>  have dismays,</div> <div> will spare me from the bored.</div> <div> But in due time someone will climb and move this worthless store...</div> <div> to some landfill beneath some hill, and gone forevermore!</div> <bR> <bR> <div> William E. 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