The wife and baby are away
so it seems a good time to clear out the house
and why delay let's start.
I am feeling ruthless tonight!
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Brilliant poem David, thanks for sharing it with us, good subject matter, very thought provoking, best wishes Lynda x
David - 'Clearing Out The House' is a superb poem. You have written a contemporary poem in modern English with echoes of an allegorical drama of the late Middle Ages. The English morality play EVERYMAN resounds in the way you develop the personifications of Hope, Lust, Charity et al. You also include the kind of comedy inherent in those plays. Superior work all the way! Good to read a poem like yours that resonates with literary history. Thanks!