Notes Concerning the Objects that are on my Front Porch

Many things are not useful. It’s impossible to take an inventory. Two pots of rosemary (one terracotta, one Chinoiserie), a plastic fan that proclaims Puerto Rico! (from a souvenir shop in Old San Juan), a serving tray painted with red roses, a carved wooden bear (purchased on a country road in Texas), a porcelain elephant stool named Denys Finch Hatton, a portable radio, an iron dinner bell hanging from a hook, a bird-feeder (empty, also hanging from a hook), thr…