A loved one works
for a big technology company.
He attends a gazillion conferences
every year
and,
at every conference,
he is given swag,
promotional items,
Sh*t We All Get.
Every September,
he donates
the fancy notebooks.
the fancy pens,
the backpacks,
and other school-like supplies
he has collected
to the Little Free Library
located close to
the neighborhood primary school.
I’ve seen a little boy
pick up
one of the backpacks.
Microsoft was splashed
across the front of it
but that seemed to make
the little boy even happier.
And he was happy.
He was the happiest
I’ve ever seen a kid be.
To us,
it is just another
piece of swag.
To a kid,
it could be life-changing.
Donate your excess
kid-appropriate swag.