(H&G)

I like to keep
things House &
Garden. He likes
lived in best.
By which, I
tell him, he
means squalor.
Never picking
up or hanging,
dirty verbs
to him, as is
throwing away,
or cleaning out.
A major overhaul –
re-cycling the
month’s junk
mail from his
desk.
I tell him
eliminating
clutter
promotes prosperity.
But he has no fear
of poverty,
having two or three
of everything
saved up.

3/8/99