A Life In Cancelled Checks
It’s all over but the shredding
A Life In Cancelled Checks
By Spyder Darling
You never really know someone
Until you have to go through their stuff
After they’ve shaken off the ol’ mortal heating coil
And you’re the only one left
The only son of an only son
Bank statements
Mortgage payments
Life insurance premiums
Electric bills ad nauseam
Common charges
Charitable donations
Credit card receipts
Theater tickets
My Fair Lady even
Union dues
Retirement accounts
Car repair receipts from ten years ago
For a Buick that was long since sold
Miscellaneous reports
From golden years cut short
A tangled web of paper clips
Broken rubber bands
And clocks with long stopped hands
Decades of tax returns