Tuesday, 15 September 2020

Not about Cleaning

the hoovering's done

the room is cleaner than it's been for years

because the carpet cleaners are coming tomorrow


the birds are fed

the rabbits too

and Christine has done the weeding

though she hates it

and hates that I hardly ever do it

even though I was working

- and properly working

not writing poems

cos that's not really work

and you don't get paid for it

or not any amount that matters


anyway it's now late for tea

and I have to make my dinner

the pretend hunger

is gnawing away at my stomach


and there's more moving of furniture to be done

after dinner

because the carpet cleaners are coming toomorrow.

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