Saturday, July 15, 2023

Messy

 "Clean up your room!" --Old Saying


A shoe farm takes shape
near a closet. Books laze
and lounge everywhere
like park bench drunks
or paunchy beach tourists.

Dirty socks have gathered
on the floor to conduct a sloth caucus.
Dust sleeps under the bed
like parched silt from a mythic flood.
And tidy is a creed I cannot master
but do, in the abstract, admire.


hans ostrom 2023

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