I spend too much time
rounding up mean thoughts,
hoarding trivialities,
trapping mice in my moldy cellar
and keeping them in cages in the living room.

Why do I value them so?
Why not simply let them go?
Why not turn them loose in the field behind the house?

And why do you do the same?

Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.