Keep up appearances

On the backside of the house
that draws the attention
with a flower make-believe
and a little garden at bursting point
there stands a green rubbish bin
ecologically justified
concealed in a silent shadow side

in a charitable well-doing the rain seems
to glide over immaculate rows of tiles
that hook almost invisibly
to the cross of the battens
in the grasp of rusty spikes

stiff lined curtains send casual looks
through the window back to the outside
nobody sees the unmade bed
the dirty laundry and the layer of dust
thick as a finger, the mouldy peace of cheese

no man suspect what is hidden.

© Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere
22/10/2014