legacy in a landfill

i stick

a flash drive into the side

of the computer

and start

backing up my so called

life for the last

twenty-five years.

a meaningless

chore,

but so it goes.

pictures, words, whatever

i've accumulated

down through the years,

but why,

what for?

we're talking more landfill

here, but

instead of boxes

of pictures, mementos,

etc.,

it's this little gizmo

blinking

blue that will eventually

disappear.