Things I Found While Cleaning Out My Junk Drawer

“Thank You” cards I was supposed to send

after my graduation party

Scratched DVDs I’d been looking for

for years

Red bow my mom used to clip in my hair

every day

Giant magnifying glass I got for winning

the 5th grade science fair

Half a deck of playing cards with doodles

on the faces

String of pearls my grandmother gave me

for my 17th birthday

Misshapen plastic key that probably unlocks

an old diary

Old iPod classic I’d begged my dad to buy for me

that I haven’t used in at least five years

Pink racketball that might fit the curvature of a dent

in your apartment

Picture of you with holes where the eyes used to be