The Wardrobe Shuffle©

Greetings Hairballers,

         While I know that many of you are up North freezing, we are just getting some of that cold Canadian air we’ve wanted all summer.  Spent two days with clothes covering every surface in my apartment trying to sort it out--goes to the Army of Salvation, the homeless, the trash, etc.  Funny how in just one season clothes wear out or become too small or too big.

The Wardrobe Shuffle©

         FMHorner             

It came as a surprise

or maybe a shock

that after decamping

from the North

I’d have to change

over my clothes

something I’d been doing

all my life

ah, Florida, I thought

I’d live in shorts and sandals

but no, after nine months

of unrelenting heat

I must rummage in those

under-the-bed bins

for socks and long sleeves,

a sweater and slacks

my trunk, Alberta,

holds the bulk of cold weather things

named for that province in Canada

reminiscent of the North Pole

the sun’s still shining

but it’s not 90 degrees any more

Hairballs,

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