Poem: Grey Gardens

A poem for my darling wife Katy, on our 19th Wedding Anniversary — and inspired by the amazing 1975 documentary ‘Grey Gardens’ of course.

Sometimes the dishes spill from the sink.
And sometimes the floordrobe is holding
more than the shelves and cupboards

ever could. There are too many books,
and plants, and records — but these items
spark so much fucking joy! If it ever gets

to newspapers on the floor, deliveries
to the door — and the dank delusion
that things are looking up even when

the eyeballs have long been plucked
from this life, we are moving! We are
selling up; letting go of such madness.