Losing Things

Do you ever lose things?

I've seen you hunt for a tennis ball,
but you do not obsess.
You give up and go to your pillow.

Not I.

I've spent a total of 14 years,
three months,
three days,
and three hours so far
searching for lost stuff.

How could I be so dumb as to have misplaced that
check, wallet, watch, keys, phone slip, notebook,
tape, ring, knife, toy, blanket, glove, sock, medicine bottle,
paper, book, hat...

My idea of heaven is a pile of my lost stuff
--a lot of good it will do me there.

Better to think I'll ultimately find all the answers
to my most perplexing questions

--like how much do dogs know?