I search for cleanliness through the clutter<\/p>\n
like a lost soul in the desert seeking a sip of water.<\/p>\n
Books, blankets, clothing, games, computers,<\/p>\n
dishes, puzzles, food, groceries, wrappers, laundry, mail.<\/p>\n
Clutter in every nook and cranny.<\/p>\n
I pray for cleanliness through the clutter.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t walk three steps without tripping over something.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It began with an idea of having some of the rooms repainted,<\/p>\n
but then it turned into something<\/p>\n
even Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout would find hard to believe.<\/p>\n
Family room, living room, bedrooms, kitchen, and even the fireplace.<\/p>\n
Now where to put all that stuff?<\/p>\n
My office, of course!<\/p>\n
Imagine placing six rooms into one.<\/p>\n
I think we ruined the carpet and cracked the window.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t walk three steps without tripping over something.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I have been pinned in this chair for days<\/p>\n
under cardboard boxes filled with photo albums and DVDs.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been tapping out S.O.S. against the wall<\/p>\n
With nothing to show for it except a fist full of bloody knuckles.<\/p>\n
Thank goodness my daughter left some Big League Chew<\/em> in a pair of jeans.<\/p>\n I wonder if my family even notices I\u2019m gone.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I can\u2019t walk three steps without tripping over something.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I search for cleanliness through the clutter like a lost soul in the desert seeking a sip of water. Books, blankets, clothing, games, computers, dishes, puzzles, food, groceries, wrappers, laundry, mail. Clutter in every nook and cranny. I pray for cleanliness through the clutter. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1448,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1448"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65064"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78189,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65064\/revisions\/78189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}