My Workshop

Time to clean my shop,
Work will never stop.
Tools need to be put away.
Sawdust needs sweeping,
Cobwebs are creeping,
My soul is in disarray.

A pair of pliers,
Some speaker wires
Hang them up on the pegboard.
A set of drill bits,
Is giving me fits,
Problems can not be ignored.

If I’m feeling lost,
It’s too high a cost,
So cleanliness I’ll extol.
Then son of a pup
I’ll build myself up,
In my shop I’m in control.


ALOUTTE YOUR CLEANSING RITE
By Tony Lane
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Ramsdale Avatar
September 7, 2011 at 10:31 AM
Congratulations on your placement in the "ALOUTTE YOUR CLEANSING RITE" poetry contest sponsored by nette onclaud. CR
Fassbender Avatar
September 6, 2011 at 10:28 PM
Great job, Tony! Wish some of that would rub off on my husband and his garage...
Mehta Avatar
September 6, 2011 at 5:54 PM
Congratulations on the win, Tony
Brown Avatar
September 6, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Congratulations on your placement in Nette's contest Tony. Love, Carol
Foster Avatar
September 6, 2011 at 4:57 AM
congratulations Tony. A nice tidy read, good to get rid of the cobwebs. well done. Marg
Song Avatar
September 6, 2011 at 12:02 AM
Sounds like u had to give yourself a pep talk in this award-winning write! Just great poetry again, 'Tony. Congrats....Did u get the Lord's closet officially cleaned out? Gwendolen
Freeman Avatar
September 5, 2011 at 10:39 PM
Congratulations on your #2 Tony. Agape, Moses
Sweetheart Avatar
September 5, 2011 at 5:40 PM
CONGRATS TONY ON SUPER SECOND PLACE WIN IN NETTE'S CONTEST LUV WITH DYNAMIC WORDS ..
Jones Avatar
September 5, 2011 at 4:31 PM
whOOOsh,,,yeah! Great write, Tony, and congrats on the placement! ~N
Ramage Avatar
September 5, 2011 at 3:50 PM
Oh, if only you could rub off on my husband. :) Great poem. Lee
Horne Avatar
September 5, 2011 at 3:49 PM
Many congrats on all your wins, Tony : )
Williams Avatar
September 5, 2011 at 3:16 PM
hey Tony congrats on your great win..David
Kendrick Avatar
August 25, 2011 at 6:04 PM
Good one..A very different approach to the topic..Reads like a winner to me..I think that it helps most men to go to the shop when they need release from stress...Good luck in the contest...Reads like a winner to me..Thanks for the stopping by, reading, and commenting on my work..Sara
Kendrick Avatar
August 25, 2011 at 6:06 PM
My work on which you commented was from years ago and our daughter Doris got over the surgery has done well..I still need your prayers for other reasons..Sara
Chenevert Avatar
August 24, 2011 at 1:31 PM
Intersting perspective. Jim
Lane Avatar
August 24, 2011 at 6:39 AM
Good, that was the feeling that I was trying to convey. Sometimes I need to see something that I've accomplished even if it's sweeping a floor.
Crowley Avatar
August 24, 2011 at 4:30 AM
Oh I love this. I feel the anxiety of the persona and that longing for control in one's life. I sense an allegorical undertone?
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