excuses
The light in the basement
has gone out. No one can
see the piles of dirty
clothes by the washing
machine or the stacks
of Christmas decorations
shoved beneath the stairs.
Sights better left unseen
should remain unseen
even if that means
you'd break your neck
trying to see them.
Sometimes a neck
or two is worth
saving yourself
from embarrassment.
So let the bulb
remain unchanged,
let the piles pile
& the stacks stack:
the only way forward
is to not go back.