Poet's Corner: Late Poems by Margaret Atwood

I'm tired of not finding easy cut-and-paste versions of poems I want to post, so here's a scanned page of Margaret Atwood's "Late Poem" from Dearly.

My Poem: Table of Mind: Gen

Title: Table of Mind
Poetic form: Blitz poem
Length: 146
Rating: Gen

scrub the tub
scrub the table
table the argument
table the fight
fight the wasp
fight the dust
dust the edges
dust the shelve
shelve the what-if
shelve the book
book the dentist
book the doctor
doctor the sauce
doctor the scrape
scrape the pot
scrape the bin
bin the rotten
bin the waste
waste the hours
waste the cash
cash the tokens
cash the check
check the homework
check the wash
wash the window
wash the clothes
close the door
close the screen
screen the friend
screen the call
call the pharmacy
call the nurse
nurse the story
nurse the bottle
bottle the disappointment
bottle the dread
dread the ring
dread the return
return the overdue
return the compliment
compliment the colors
compliment the game
game the system
game the test
test the battery
test the mind
mind the match
mind the drop
drop…
match…