I did a bit more clearing out
In our bedroom there's a cupboard
I flung stuff out, still it was full
Unlike that of Mrs. Hubbard !!
Did No.2 son leave home years back ?
It seems like he's still here
This cupboard was so full of him
And stuff he once held dear
Magazines he'd hoarded
(Gets that habit from his mother)
Anything and everything he kept
Unlike his brother !
I found his long lost teddy bear
With knitted trousers on
Knitted my Mum, all those years ago
Sadly the little jumper has gone.
His first artists brushes from college
His art work all neat in a folder
Clay work from school -not all that good
He won't want them now that he's older
So back in the cupboard I put them
Along with a poster or two
Well more than two -more like a dozen
Of that football team from Liverpool
But he''s not the only offender
Of hoarding, needing to hang on
To things he don't need - I even found
I'd kept his overalls from his first job !
Well now they're slung out -he's say 'at last'
And 'Mother -don't be so silly'
He laugh if he saw that I also found
Grans bloomers, baggy and all frilly !!
Well I can't part with them now can I
They're part of history to me
So they'll go into Dad's Memory Box
With a photo for my family tree.
Along with the sewing case she had made
Out of felt and embroidered with care
These things are just as important
As names, date, who lived when and where
But for now I'm halting my clearing out
It's wearing me down to a pulp
But I've made space for shoes, and some coats
And how many handbags????? (gulp !!)
Oh.....I did also find some MDF stuff
Son''s college project - just ' bits'
But I painted a cupboard 'bout 2 weeks ago
One piece forms a shelf -perfect fit !!
So all this Spring cleaning I'm doing
(Ignore 'clean' -thats the wrong word!)
Is very productive and some music papers
I found I can e bay........I've heard !
I doubt they will earn me a fortune
Who knows ? It might not be much
But for now my de-cluttering is on 'pause'
Cos for now - enough is enough !!
