Christmas in Rerun

Shopsmart or Pricemart

Where do I start?

Already behind

And Christmas is near

Popular and Massy

Carlton and A One

Don’t know where to start

And time nearly gone

Several strings of lights

All tangled up

To get them sort out

I will need some luck

Delayed the cleaning

Should have done it long ago

Everything in a mess

Could barely see out a window

Floor needs scrubbing

Don’t feel up to the rubbing

Under the beds needs cleaning

And the wife screaming

Everyday I’m promising

To do something in the home

But I don’t have the feeling

I think I hear the phone

“You start de cleaning yet?”

That’s the wife and she vex

She’s calling to see if I start

But I just don’t have the heart

“Honey I will start soon

Soon as I finish what I’m doing.”

“I am tired of that tune.

I could see trouble brewing.”

“Last year was the same thing

And I did everything myself

You got off scotch free

And I nearly ruin my health.”

  

The wife getting hot

I had better do something quick

Or before you know it

Christmas will find her sick

If only I could make a start

I would do all this in a hurry

The problem is where to start

That is my real worry

Should I start with the cleaning?

Or should I do some shopping?

Should I scrub the floor?

Or should I paint the door?

I could do the windows first

Or perhaps wipe off the ceiling

However I juggle this order

None of it seems appealing

I think I’ll start in the house

Then move out to the lawn

Wait, something is coming on

You guess right; it is a yawn

I’ll give it some more thought

Then I’ll take a little rest

All of this thinking has me tired

I need to be at my best

When I awake from sleep

My mind will be very clear

And I’ll know where to start

Concerning Christmas this year

I’ll just make absolutely sure

The wife doesn’t find me in bed

Cause if that were to happen

I would wish that I were dead

So the first thing on my list

Is a couple hours of sleep

Just to clear this mind of mine

So that my thinking can be deep

After the much needed rest

I will think this through again

And plan to start outside

Especially if it begins to rain

It is critically important for Christmas

To plan what you have to do

For without a well thought out plan

You are likely to drop through

Sleep is therefore important

And lots and lots of it

The wife does not understand this

But that has become my habit

Especially If I have something to do

I find I need much rest

And the more rest I get

The more I am up to the test

So Christmas comes and passes

And more is left undone than done

And every successive Christmas

Is my Christmas in rerun

But there is the consolation

That after Christmas life goes on

And such tasks can still be completed

Even after Christmas has gone

Stewart Russell © 2016