Dee Daffodil - What Does It Take?

What does it take?

I ask this question
Nearly every day

What does it take
To get you
To put your things away?

To pick up socks
From couch cushions
And books from where they lie...

To pick up clothes
On bathroom floor
And deliver them to place nearby...

To place books neatly
On their shelves
And not just throw them
To to the wolves...

To take snack dishes
To the sink
And rinse out glasses
From your drink...

To put toys
Where they're meant to be
God...I pray...
Spare sanity! ! !


What does it take? ?
This I ask...
It's really not
A horrid task! ! !

We've played the sorting games
And we've sung the tidying songs
I've labelled and I've sorted
Rights from wrongs

It's like pulling teeth
Everyday
To get you
To put stuff away! !

What does it take?
It seems so strange...
Perhaps it's me
Who needs to change...

Dee Daffodil

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