Appropriate Change

Amazing isn’t it; 

you make an effort to break 

the chain of monotony - while 

in this instance the idea’s a 

routine rubbish fire - no big eco-

argument, we’re rendering combustible 

kitchen throwaways & its inevitable 

wastepaper accumulation 

local newspaper & wine sales 

trivia seems to stack up much 

quicker than storage space 

suggests has a rational basis, 

so the deed has its own 

internal reasoning arraigned 

and within minutes beer, wine and 

soft drink cartons arrive, along with 

some out-of-date brochures for kitchen 

designs and long-past calendars, plus 

the out-of-vogue paraphernalia 

you’d discovered beneath ‘em 

and there we are; it is an hour 

and a half later with fire still burning merrily: 

reflecting upon its efficiency in reducing 

disposable things to recyclable ashes 

suggests we’re still caste in an estranged 

past-tense - from which takes a lot longer to 

recognise, engender, and then make 

an appropriate change 

© 18 September 2017, I. D. Carswell