Spring Cleaned

Spring Cleaned

Can’t you just tell

its spring

or thereabouts ..

The old house smells

vaguely again

of both hyacinths

and new disinfectant ..

Plus there’s not

a single cobweb

or dust mote in sight ..

Meanwhile,

in the yard outside,

the line looks

fit to break beneath

the combined

weight of our fresh

laundered sheets

and all of our

blankets are stowed

somewhere safe

until the first freeze

at the very least ..

But still, in the interim,

freshly squeezed

sunlight is welcome

to filter and to

strain itself through

grandma’s old

crochet net curtains ..

Oh’ and take

a good look at both

the grate and at

the hearth while you

are here since they’ve

both been blacked

and scrubbed clean ..

Plus the fairies

have been and left

a handful of daisies ..

Each stood in a brown

earthenware pot

on a table next to

the recently touched

up window sill

and several very neat

piles of old household dust ..