Doggerel Dave

The Chair.

 

Not long ago I bought a shower chair -

(My feet move away but I won’t let them go;

They require attention to stave off wear,

I use the chair to reach them, every toe.)

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Surprise! The chair arrives as a flat pack;

And so extraction from its cardboard box

Takes half an hour; I’ve no tools, no knack…

Yet more fun to come - a further approx

Twenty minutes to locate a missing screw.

Instructions assume I’m illiterate -

Diagrams only. Decision by who?

Three hours later I’d like to tell them straight….

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(Shower after, not just to check the chair -

Sticking plasters found bottom kitchen drawer.

I’m worn out, had enough – I just don’t care;

Cardboard to be disposed of litters my floor…..)