Jaunty sort of stuff here, Max, occasionally forgetting to jaunt but maybe that reflects your feelings. I like 'life is long, (the) walls are short'. And I teetered like your books don't, at the change of pattern in stanza 5.
Bill
On 26/03/2015, at 1:56 AM, Max Richards wrote:
> Shelving
>
> Planks and bricks
> will do the trick,
> support your books -
> shelves cost such bucks!
>
> Adjustable, reliable,
> sturdy, extendable,
> de- and re-constructable,
> earthquake-resistable! -
>
> depending on the Richter scale
> and how far books go up the wall.
> Take steps against a forward tilt -
> a chock in front may stop a fall.
>
> One-brick gaps suit shortest
> books, taller one’n’a-half.
> Those old books on artists
> hog the two-brick shelf.
>
> Your long shelf, should it
> sag in time - slide in a mid-
> plank brick - would it
> spoil the pattern? - wrap
> around an old book jacket.
>
> Resist the wife’s request
> for bookcases when at last
> your debts are put to rest.
> She only wants to waste
>
> good dollars better spent
> on books, more books,
> on Classic Jazz, the Bachs;
> vinyl tall, short CD boxes.
>
> Life is long, the walls are short,
> reading and listening ought
> to flourish in this flat -
> so furniture need not be bought
>
> while bricks with planks
> earn all our thanks.
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