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furniture and paper

clutter every room

of this small house,

wreckage of lives and minds

not fit for the wastebasket

of history.


fire could sprout

at any time,

red hot flowers

blossoming 

throughout

this space where

I live.


my wife says

she is too stressed 

by the mess

to clean.

I'll do some

straightening up

but not much.

I'm too busy

generating more paper

to keep unseen fire

at bay.