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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