Ray Sharp
“Curtsy”
Mixed media
Response
I’ve Been Clearing Clutter
By Jennifer Fendya
Inspiration piece
I’ve been clearing clutter from my house.
How did it get in? Did I carry these objects
up the long sidewalk and in through the front door
that’s actually on the side of the house, the same side
the back door’s on? Believe me, I sensed the bad
feng shui from the beginning, the entryway an obvious
afterthought, or was it designed purposefully
to make every coming and going a reminder
of the need to step aside, step aside, use both hands,
(find the dance), step aside, swing, turn and bow,
turn again, climb. It’s tricky enough without
carrying anything but when laden with burdens
it makes one give pause in a moment of despair:
How can I go on? Are there no extra hands here
somewhere?? A hidden elevator??? So, I look
in amazement at the clutter of objects, the things
I must move back down and out the long sidewalk
but before it the jamming up at the bottom of the steps,
face to the glass, the necessary curtsy just to get out,
the awkward bend, turn, push, swing, step down,
step aside, step aside…
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