Antique stores dot the Texas landscape – often taking over old gas stations or restaurants – and filled past the brim with the belongings of yesteryear. That was the inspiration for this Typewriter Rodeo poem.
The Afterlife of Antiques
tucked away
in the hidden corners of this enormous
and mostly empty state
they wait
treasures
forgotten by time
abandoned by families
far away
from home
in barns and attics
warehouses
shops in little towns
or blanketing a million acres
out around Round Top, Texas
i imagine them conversing
on their long wait
for their new forever home
or for rot to finally take them
make them indistinguishable
from dust
telling tales of all they saw
in their bedrooms and kitchens
sitting rooms and porches
they saw it all
they were watching
listening too
and it’s no different with
the furniture of today
only now
Produced by Laura Rice
