What is\u00a0not<\/i>\u00a0ephemera?
\nCherished mementos,
\nwhispers\u00a0in camera<\/i>,
\nare no more momentous<\/p>\n
than an old man\u2019s whims
\n\u2013 no value to others
\nonce their luster dims.
\nSo let connoisseurs<\/p>\n
mull piece by piece
\nthrough what we remainder
\nin bulk or recycle in peace.
\nThe account of their labour<\/p>\n
will tally the same
\nas our own best
\ntrove of kitsch. No blame
\nif blest be curst, curst blest.<\/p>\n
Judgments\u00a0falter,
\npassions flare and pall,
\nfashions alter.
\nWhat holds us in thrall<\/p>\n
is the mindless cachet
\nwe confer to what\u2019re
\njust chimera anyway:
\nvotives for prayer,<\/p>\n
idols cast into pixels,
\nfacsimiles which flicker
\nthen slip like this poem
\ninto oblivion.<\/p>\n
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What is\u00a0not\u00a0ephemera? Cherished mementos, whispers\u00a0in camera, are no more momentous than an old man\u2019s whims \u2013 no value to others once their luster dims. So let connoisseurs mull piece by piece through what we remainder in bulk or recycle in peace. The account of their labour will tally the same as our own best trove … <\/p>\n