keep it
hold it
suppress it
douse it
this instinct
this impulse
to give
to send
to share
a new thing
fresh thing
cherished thing
with those who
claim they love
new things fresh things
fine things
for in fact
they don't
they don't
usually
they don't
but want
a next thing
similar to
consistent with
clearly kin to
the last thing
recognizable
comfortable
"relatable"
to hold up
and proclaim see
we know a good thing
when we see it
while leaving
your thing to lie
in slush
unregarded
unengaged
rejected
not because it
"didn't suit their needs"
but because it didn't
conform
to their narrow
narrow
historically narrow
idea of how things
should be
of what things
can be
of what things
like this
are even for