My Eulogy for a Discarded Umbrella

This is my submission to "Better off Soaked," a site that collects images of broken/discarded umbrellas:

After a long and distinguished career, he was inexplicably hung up to dry for defects unseen by the passing throng.

At first I wondered why one would collect these images, but when I espied this noble weather-worn device embracing its abandonment with such dignity, I knew what I had to do!