Hoarder

The arrangement of clutter
is like chaos theory -
tumultuous and confusing
but mathematically specific.
He knows where to find
half the pair of his shoes
in the boxes and bags
of collected memories.
He knows where he hid
the rental receipts
between the tall piles
of newspapers bought
and never read.
He knows where to look for
souvenirs from a rendezvous
and that nice old lamp
rescued from the dump.
But I wonder how
he never seems to seek
in the litter of items
himself.