100 Word Story: Gift Giving

What you sent me for Christmas was so odd. Who would package up all the exercise bands from their physical therapy sessions and mail them to a person as a gift?  

Am I the fitting receptable for your detritus? You’ve nowhere else to go with what has become unnecessary to you? Next, will you send your dying cat with his shallow breathing so he can die on my doorstep? Your worn slippers?

Gifts are prayers for people. They represent the giver’s heart. I read that somewhere. I’m sending you two balls of string for Christmas. This is all I have.