see me cleaning the things I own
until they shine like new
scrubbing the grime from spaces I dirtied
dust unsettled by brush and breath

I am breathing myself into possessions
filling my clothes with soul and holes
wearing the seats of my pants
preparing my patches, for their time will surely come

someday later I will buy anew, again
I will buy a new again
I will buy new again
I will new again
I will new into old and the old is new
again