Doldrums

meaning listless, despondent, inactive, stagnant, 

in a slump.

The cure for this?

Empty one kitchen cupboard,

decant all useable comestibles into clean jars,

throw out, reluctantly,

anything with a sell by date circa 2006,

clean the shelves,

put everything back.

...

We interrupt this post to report 

a sudden terrifying roaring, rumbling

thunderous, house-shaking cacophany

emanating from the airing cupboard.

With a pounding heart and shaking hands

I have just managed 

to switch everything off in there,

all the while expecting to be

sprayed with exploding fragments of copper pipe 

and scalding water.

The Emergency Home Care service

which we pay through the nose for

has offered a visit sometime between midday and six p.m

tomorrow.

They lack the sense of urgency that 

this plumbing calamity warrants.

I will never complain about the

doldrums again.
I have allowed myself two Youtubes
to settle my nerves.

On a more positive note,

someone did come to switch all our lights off in the kitchen.

We can't switch them on now,

but I feel this is less wasteful.