The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying

When you come to collect your things,
you ask if I’ve read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying.
I haven’t.

You say the secret is laying out
all the objects in your home,
weighing each one in hand.

If they spark joy, you keep them.
If not, you have to let them go.

I wonder if one night as I slept
you pressed your palm to my back
and made your decision.

Taken from the collection Biceps, published 2020 on Burning Eye Books.