Things You Can Use

• The pizza coupons that came stapled to the box.
• Your parole officer’s business card.
• The subscription renewal card inside GQ.
• The movie ticket that’s been in your back pocket.
• The ace of spades (technically, the other 51 work just as well).
• The eviction notice, if it’s stiff enough.
• Christmas card from the aunt and uncle.
• The cover of Pride and Prejudice, which you had to read in high school or something.
• Box of Junior Mints, soon to be empty.
• Back of the notebook of the kid you’re babysitting right now.
• The folder you use to hold your less important documents.