keeping records

your bin
of papers. unsorted, unfiled.
page after page
of bills,
and documents.
bank statements. renewals,
expired this and that's.
signed and unsigned.
your invisible life in numbers.
what's going out,
what's coming in.
the records of your existence.
all stacked aimlessly
in plastic bins.
when the year is up
you'll carry it to
the cellar.
stack it on the shelf
with the others,
then buy a new one.
begin again. when your life
is up someone
will carry it all to
the curb for a final
filing.