29th March 2026

 

cold clouds

foreshadowing rain

aching knees

© Rachel Green March 2026

Under Stairs

the cupboard is too small

for anything useful -- one place I lived

I used this area for my computer

but this one is filled with tools

fixings and things to fix on.

Do I really need six bags

full of individual tools?

Seven spare extension cords?

Or four plastic drawers

full of orphaned screws?

Keeping 'just in case'

is my father's hoarding legacy.

If I've got a job to do

I can order from online

so what I need to do now

is chuck the lot as scrap metal

and sort it into two toolkits at most.

But that's a job and a half

for another day.

© Rachel Green March 2026