Sedimentary Thinking

 

It is a kind of blue and kind of grey

A cloudy day

I have layers, too

The trash that needs to go out

Larger things I do not need

And someone else must take them

Then there are things I never went through after

I brought my office home

They need places and a purpose

Somewhere, if not here

Then there are things I must reach through

The others to use now

The daytime things, the usual things

Coffee cups and dishes

Some desk space

Lamplight without so many shadows from

All the extra piles

I’m used to that, living among piles

Stacks of things to use, though

It’s my file system, too

My own patriotism

I have the right to stack

If you come to call, I’d like you to take something

Away with you

Please and thank you

I will not track

Do what you like

With what you have that,

Detritus or treasure,

Used to be mine

 

C L Couch

 

 

Colorful layers of sedimentary rock in Makhtesh Ramon, Israel.

Rhododendrites