Wednesday, May 04, 2022
Flies buzzed,
then died, their tiny
bodies on the sill.
We get high. Hey!
Shit cost enough!
Later Delsy wakes in grayest funk
hissing our apartment’s filthy!--
and we’re not far behind it!
So, scrub ourselves 1st,
then clean the place! How deep-
ly for once!
"This boy pre-
fers clean to dirty," I muse.
Could've fooled me!--her flip
voice then's
remembered ...
music...
now...
her mu...
Labels: cleaning apartment, couple, Emily Dickenson, filth, flies
Sunday, October 16, 2016
Couple of Convenience
-Smeds cleaned the apartment!
Took whole week.
-How’s it look?
-Worse.
-Clutter?
-He won’t throw anything away.
-Needs a lady.
-Funny you should say that! Lucy True
being thrown out. Her place went condo
and she can’t afford...
-Life can be cruel. Let’s turn the page.
-Let’s not?
-You can’t mean Smeds and Lucy?
-Why not? She’s one ruthless cleaner.
No sentimentality!
-His trophy for perfect attendance, Sixth Grade?
-First to go! Why you laughing?
-Smeds and Lucy!
-Hey she just moves in. Anything else is their business.
-But practically, he HAS to avert her bringing bums home.
-They’ll work it out. Who cares about all that shit?
-Maybe they’ll fall in love?
-In WHAT?
Labels: cleaning apartment, clutter, housekeeping, Romance, sentimentality
