{"id":136457,"date":"2023-09-02T20:11:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T00:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=136457"},"modified":"2023-09-12T11:06:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:06:01","slug":"hour-12-closet-clutter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/hour-12-closet-clutter\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 12\u2013Closet Clutter"},"content":{"rendered":"

My kind and generous husband<\/p>\n

occupies just one wall of the closet<\/p>\n

well, kind of\u2014<\/p>\n

my clothes intrude even on the back of his closet rail;<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

then there\u2019s the safe for important documents\u00a0<\/p>\n

readily available<\/p>\n

i swear,<\/span><\/p>\n

it was there<\/p>\n

crap,<\/p>\n

now i order a third Social Security card;<\/p>\n

hey! here\u2019s the 1960\u2019s<\/span><\/p>\n

furnace manual from our last house;<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

i had the idea of creating a morning meditation space<\/p>\n

but that idea was abandoned<\/p>\n

when i couldn\u2019t get up from the floor<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

now when did that ability disappear?<\/p>\n


was it in my 47th year?;<\/p>\n

then evidence of well intentioned attempts at organization<\/p>\n

but it\u2019s so overwhelming<\/p>\n

i give up<\/p>\n

throw the unorganized junk<\/p>\n

back into the closet<\/p>\n

now even more disorganized than before;<\/p>\n

its gotten so cluttered I\u2019ve pushed<\/p>\n

my husband to the linen closet as his dressing room<\/p>\n

and what type of crap do i have that i<\/p>\n

think i absolutely needed?<\/p>\n

really i dream of being a<\/p>\n

minimalist<\/p>\n

but she must exist in another Universe<\/p>\n

my generous gracious<\/p>\n

husband<\/p>\n

now occupies the<\/p>\n

linen closet\u2014<\/p>\n

thank you for the space<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Photo credit: @faithlee @upsplash. Faith Lee, Upsplash<\/p>\n\n\n\n

poem \u00a9\ufe0f AJ Bostelman, September 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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