The Word of the Day, orogeny,
is from geological lore.
It refers to upheaval of mountains
and to my home decor.
Upheaval is the leitmotif
that thrums through every room
clutter, heaps, and mayhem
clumps of boxes bloom.
My metaphors are mixed
and fitting they be so:
this inside-out and upside-down
gives me vertigo.
I hate this fraught dystopia
but it’s the price I have to pay:
sometimes a tidy tomorrow
requires a messy today.
Oddments 
March 26, 2017 at 11:16 am
You’re back. 🙂 Painting? Decluttering? We took everything, and I mean everything, out of our walk-in closet last week. We installed some new shelving, and then put it all back in. We could barely find the bed for two days. The van was loaded to the ceiling with bags and boxes for Goodwill, but that closet sure is one good looking place now. 🙂
March 26, 2017 at 11:51 am
I am so jealous! Right now I’d be euphoric over one good-looking closet. Congratulations — that was no small accomplishment, and I’ll take it as inspiration. I’m trying to get my house ready to sell, so, yes, decluttering, painting, cleaning (ugh), packing, discarding, whatever — all the above.
March 26, 2017 at 1:11 pm
Been there, done that, don’t want to do it again. 🙂 That’s a lot of work, lady. Hope you have some help, and that the first person who sees it falls in love and makes you an offer you can’t refuse. 🙂
March 26, 2017 at 4:34 pm
Thank you for those good wishes! Yes, I too have been there and done that, and I can’t say that I’m any better at all this than I ever have been. Wadda mess. No, no help, but at this point help would just be in the way. Bad enough I’m bumping into myself, let alone others!