A time comes when one begins
To wonder
Which of your things
Your kids will someday want.

Should I keep this
For the kids
Someday
Or pitch it?

Sometimes they tell you.
“Dad, don’t sell that painting,I want it.”
Or “I’ll never want that rocker,
You can pitch it.”

I did not know how often
The question crossed my mind,
Until my daughter was gone.

And the question,
When it came,
Had an answer.