Jeanette Gallagher writes about a lot of stuff. Sometimes she writes a villanelle. 🙂

Stuff
By Jeanette Gallagher

There was a man who left his wife
‘Cause she had too much stuff
He said her clutter stressed his life

Thingamajigs and doodads caused marital strife
He asked “When is enough enough?”
There was a man who left his wife

Gizmos and gadgets cut like a knife
Slashed his love and made him tough
He said her clutter stressed his life

Whatchamacallits growing rife
He got tired of women’s fluff
There was a man who left his wife

Brick-a-brac and what-nots on Duncan Phyfe*
He dared not touch with hands too rough
He said her clutter stressed his life

He said maybe they’d meet in the afterlife
Where she couldn’t take her stuff
There was a man who left his wife
He said her clutter stressed his life

*Duncan Phyfe was a Scottish-born American furniture maker (1768-1854). His furniture is still found in some of the finest homes in America.