Friday, 6 November 2020

A Clean Sweep?

It’s hard work sweeping up wet leaves

But here I am, out in the sun

Wrapped up warm with rolled-up sleeves

Trying to get this job done!

 

In COVID times, despite lock-down

It’s vital to take exercise …

With leaves all piled up in a mound

A sense of order greets my eyes.

 

The days draw in, it’s dark too soon

With heating on and curtains drawn

We read, watch TV or just moon

While more leaves drop upon the lawn!

 

The household chores do not relent

I sort out clothes and iron sheets

In such dull ways my day is spent

When not engaged in rhyming feats!

 

Vote-counting drags on – scores are close

Europe, on the side-lines, waits

Will we get a “double dose”?

And what will be the new dictates?


(c) Poet in the woods 2020




 

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