Add Subtract Nothing is ever subtracted Since the world we know is complete What’s taken away is added somewhere else Its quirky cluster of molecules shaken and re-assembled into dog hair and mushrooms or fact and flatulence So let your subtraction embrace addition And enjoy the guises hung In the deep closets of reality.
Kathlleen, I shared your poem with a good friend who has “clutter issues.” We’ll see how it works out for Wendy. I loved the verse!