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The readers that were talking about blue lenses for chuldren
should be pleased to hear I've found it helps me, though
I am a pwp not a child (debatable!).  My complaint i just having
a bad day lots of back pain, stiffness- if only this d----
disease would pick the parts ofyou that will malfunction and
let youhave a level day,nio ups and downs just smooth.
This!@#$%&* editor wont go back to edit,  I hate this
provider ... done complaining thought I'd run a long
poem byyou.
I Help Out Round The House


It started out a good idea
tidy up the kitchen
Anita will be pleased
besides I'm bored
maybe, clean the fridge
contents need arranging
wiping down, moving sorting things
logically, with my priorities on top
1/2 hour later
fridge looks great!
I'm getting tired
just do these few dishes
putting them I away I discover
cupboards aren't set up properly at all
theses glasses should be over there
why is all the good stuff at the back?
this silverware should be in this drawer
warning bells go off in my head
but I ignore them
why, look how much wasted space
in these food cupboards
if I crammed this box in this way
why, look at these pots and  pans
best to take everything out
with noble intentions
I go into hyper-mode
soon almost all the cupboards
are "reorganized" or
amongst the clutter
I try to stand up to stretch
then realize I have seized up
I glance at my watch
I have missed my pills and
Anita will be home in a few minutes
I look around
looks like a hurricane
pots, lids, pans sparkling accusingly
from their foreign home
teetering towers of total chaos
cupboard doors and drawers in disarray
I sit there in dismay and pain
caught in my own offense
against common sense
Anita arrives and spreads her hands
I tell her two obvious facts
I've been reorganizing
but now I'm  stuck
no, I didn't take them
yes, I  forgot
I cleaned the fridge
she steps nimbly through
the attacking tribe
opens the fridge
milk falls out
spills on floor
mixes with flour
from when the box broke
maybe we can have cake
she shakes her head and patiently
explains her kitchen doesn't need
my touch
I nod stiffly
she helps me lurch off to bed to rest
brings me my pills
I lie there
a chagrined 2by4
well at least this disaster
I was conscious
last week I was under
a chair and  bucket of water
but the walls were clean
well, 31/2 of them
the week before that
she found me face down
on the forest floor
I'd been weeding
the base of  the hill
edge of our property line
not dampening my efforts

we laughed about it later
but now years later
it's  no fun
laughing by yourself

Bill Harrington