"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” - Thomas Alva Edison

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If you had grown up in the house I did, or had to clean out my mother's house after she died, you too would be compelled to have a relatively organized junk drawer.

You too would be able to lay hands on
matches
or a rubber band
or a pen
or scratch paper
or your coupon organizer
or the birthday cake candles
or Scotch tape
or a screwdriver
or a snap-off utility knife
or a tape measure
or the collected Campbell Soup labels
or the take-out menus
or Motrin
or hand cream
or some string
or scissors
or the Purell
or stickers for the potty chart
or the fish net scoopy thingey
or spare change for bus fare
or a thumbtack
or a paper clip
or some extra batteries
or any of those other little troublesome things that you seem to require daily
in an instant.

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Thursday Show-and-Tell, courtesy of Blackbird