uncluttering

my life is cluttered like my carrot plot

in my backyard beautiful with its green

when captured in a photograph

but when pulling them out for the table

to cook, or to eat as raw salad

there is a different rhyme

useless, too thin, also drying too fast

in a day, or two, but soon ready

to be dumped in the dump that garbage

maintaining my regular payment of the city tax

hence my life has to have much uncluttering

starting with my study needing to be cleaned

with papers filed and some books discarded

the two spaces with hardboard also need

a little mopping to remove my grandson’s spill

my pantry needs arranging

and much to throw away

as i did with my spouse

kitchen cupboards too need a little arranging

with those closets upstairs to be emptied

adding some order to the piles of clothes

the bathroom i use needs scrubbing

with that shower rubber fixed

the wire mesh on the window

in the living room can wait

for fixing till next spring

but windows need cleaning

though only after the garden is fixed

with at least all carrots pulled out

and distributed to those deserving

and undeserving with the hose pipe

wrapped and placed in the garage

the garage too needs cleaning and the basement

a major project before i complete

my paper on the theology

of the missio dei for the SPG journal

or that workshop on pluralistic perspectives

for the White Court Christians

with Justin, my daughter’s son i give in

putting aside all other

while i have to consider my daughter

and her laziness that has piled up a major clutter

with her boy-friend and his direction less life added

threatening to flood not only my basement

but my entire bungalow drowning me to death

i need to sleep enough to give my heart

rest and an opportunity to heal

with enough exercise to get rid

of excess sugar and that fat

while the major task would be to bring enough money

to eat appropriate food and pay the bills

which means also putting up with mediocrity 

the main ingredient of the present life

© henry victor     02.10.2012