An introduction to cultural curios,
To gravitational pull, to explore the
Intellect for a natural fit (conscientious
Empathy, the extrapolated logics),
Which to enhance, which to quit--
The research, the will, the retrieval,
The sources, a root of fiction, a matter
Of fact, compound interests, referential
Reconciliation to remain mentally
Intact--such were the social
Scientific times.

The present day, way back when, the
Long ago iterated this moment--centuries
Old invigoration; the discovery, a didactic
Recovery was the parental penchant
Rant overborne.

A bedroom houses some rummage
Accumulated on the behalf; the non-
Detritus data, not taken to the dump,
Defined a life meant to feed an
Academic appetite.

Three pieces puzzled the keep-donate-
Throwaway process; childhood relics,
Stored separately, were unboxed, were
Set aside, beside: a statue, a model, a
Symbolic representation; each unraveled
A tethered lineage.