Visual Clutter
© Gail Grenier Sweet
Second time I’ve been informed bysomeone close to me that my
house is cluttered.
Visual clutter:
chairbacks protruding above
a countertop,
too many photos on
the frig,
lots of other things I’m sure.
Later,
alone in the house,
I wander about, reveling
in
my
visual
clutter…
I move from pictures
to children’s artworks
to old vases and figurines,
CDs, books, a quilt, a fleece blanket.
It’s all mine
and I love it –
the too many photos on the frig,
faces of people I love and pray for,
the brand-new chairbacks jutting above the countertop
just like Mike wanted (so he can lean back on lazy days),
and all the rest…
It’s all HOME,
my live-in scrapbook.
When I’m in my grave,
the grass can cover me,
uncluttered.
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