My System

here on my cluttered desk

everything has a space

or a place

piles of this

piles of that

all jockeying for position

to be first

to get done

computer disks

scream out for names

and when I remember

what is on them

I will name them

you call in the midst

of pen sampling

a most important job

as hundreds are dry

and must be discarded

someday

I am aloof

you are breaking

my train of thought

which pile writes

which pile doesn’t

I will have to start again

I tell you

I can not find the gas bill

you mention I could clean off my desk

you are sure it is there somewhere

I am sure

you know nothing

about keeping a neat desk

Sandra L. Hazley