Matches, latches, clothing patches,
Keys, Swiss cheese and batteries.
Old film rolls and Dead Sea Scrolls
I would not be surprised to see.
Burgers, girders, plug converters,
Stands, old sand, and rubber bands.
Fuses Suzy overuses,
All our titbits close at hand.

Bike locks, square blocks, dirty old socks,
Mobile phones and skin and bones.
Superglue from ‘92;
It’s useful stuff, I promise you.
Scissors, gizzards, plastic lizards,
Iron ore and steel galore.
Phrasebooks, boat hooks, expired chequebooks,
It’s all in my ‘useful’ drawer.