mildew


the tiniest of plagues
(part 3)

exhale
there is a new mattress
I have to wait until it bubbles out
or whatever
so I use the mildewed couch
until
I’m free to have it
taken out as
well

and then what
some
bedding
hopefully
unmildewed
and
I hope that I can still tell

and then to spray the room
consider anything
else
infected

wait for a dry day maybe with
a breeze

and
then shall I use the studio again
unsmelling
save
for Febreze and Lysol
more or
now and then
and
otherwise
the air we know

that all of us should know
without
cordite
or sickness
or the uselessness in smelling
anyway
for lack of food
lest scent become a mirage
for life

and by the way
my eyes
should clear
our eyes should clear

clc


photo by D koi on Unsplash

campaign in the studio

spray
layer
spray
layer

spray the room again

is it chemicals or mildew I’m inhaling
while
of course
you know
it’s both

new mattress
new sofa must follow

musty curtains down
as if light and breeze had been let in
at Ms Faversham’s feast

breathe
changes

though the must continues
to permeate
room
nose
clothes

well
keep trying

I’ll take retroactive
the air when it was only
dirty

I suppose a northern autumn
shall help when
it arrives
with clear cold to push through windows
in
a current

now it’s steamy
not good
for dry
and certainly not cool

except for how you might behave
cool
Daddio

clc

photo by Gabriella Clare Marino on Unsplash