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.
