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So many pieces
Of paper, reams stuffed
Into boxes or crammed
Onto shelves, every time
I manically tidy my desk
In the name of
Obscure equinoxes
I’m floored by confetti
Snowed under by dreams
Pesky outrageous plans
I’d rather forget
Easy-peddled self-help
Packs stacked up
To the beams with
Must-have exercises
Right up to the rafters
PowerPoint disasters
The laughter’s contagious
A light-hearted breeze
Stirs dusty paradoxes

Targets duly noted
Bursting at the seams
Neglected and bloated
Ideas of grandeur
It just takes a sneeze
Or an uncharted wheeze
And your castle collapses
In thin coloured shards
Wry resolve relapses
Boundless brio sags
These slivers of selves
Shakey houses of cards
King, queen, joker and ace
Come fluttering down
Collected and swept
Into fat plastic bags
Where the others are kept
Clean and carefully wrapped
Hermetically sealed
(Lest their fate be revealed
And red faces slapped)
Just in case

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