by Leigh Sanders

Created on: April 06, 2011

The floor is littered with scraps of paper

Half-written poems, old letters from friends

Leatherbound volumes cover the shelves

Faded with age, and multiple readings

They cover the desk, still bits show through

Ink spots, dried wax and parchment

Fountain pens, ink wells, pictures too

Portraits of family and nature inspire

Perched on the walls o'er mountains and heaps

Notebooks lay open, others lay stacked

Everything unique but jumbled to sameness

No garbage receptacle for everything's good

Everything's wanted, all has a purpose

The author looks 'round, profoundly pleased

Indeed, she thinks, this is a fine mess

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