Sep 7, 2006
Cleaning My Damned Apartment, Day 17: Poetry Thursday edition
That stack of papers.
You know—that stack.
The one you’ve been stumbling over
on the way to the bed
for four months,
since you dropped them there…
The one that went from white
to dusty gray
to black with hair—
both yours
and the dust bunnies’…
The one
you put down
for just
one
second…
Today
I moved that stack of papers
to a permanent home
in a covered, plastic bin
in its own semi-private sector
of the closet.
Of course
by “permanent”
I mean
“until next time”
If there’s one thing I’ve learned
since I started this thing,
it’s that nothing
lasts forever
Especially dusting…
xxx
c
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TOPICS: 21 day salutes, Cleaning My Damned Apartment™, Poetry Thursday.
3 Comments, Comment or Ping
Josephine
Stacks of paper are my worst enemy. If there’s one thing I do wrong in my home, that’s definitely it. But, who am I kidding? There are plenty more than one thing I need improvement on in the house. We can start with cooking…
Sep 8th, 2006
Paul Worthingotn
Stacks are nothing:
You have a problem when you graduate to putting stacks into boxes.
I have… let’s see… eight boxes in my office right now, all filled with former stacks.
-Paul
Sep 8th, 2006