Cleaning Day

Rinsed red silo hangs;
hummingbird’s truly flummoxed.
Bare feeder-hook thing
dangling from chokecherry branch–
one sparrow swings so gaily.

skat@2017

Surface Tension

6:00: Cleaning worktops
Spouse says, “Your O.C.D’s kicked
in early today.”

skat@2015

Sweet Charity

Clean-closet season:
Hand down duds for good reason.
(Once they’re washed, they’re mine!)

skat©2015