abandoned things

Posted by karriehiggins on February 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

lost rabbit by train tracks, Portland, Oregon

I have always loved abandoned things: stuffed animals dropped on rainy sidewalks, empty shopping carts, eyeglasses, the muffin nobody buys at the cafe. This is not some saintly impulse, though. I love the pangs in my chest, the aches in my calves and joints, the tears. I love these abandoned things because they hurt me.

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