This one I’ll leave till last,
postponing the problems – how
the wallpaper will come round the corner
and the principal fern in the pattern
will continue to meet the ceiling,
the length staying true to the plumb.
Then the trick of easing it down
behind the radiator so it won’t
snag on the wall, ruck up and tear.
Even if I shift my chair,
face the opposite way during tea breaks,
I can’t not think of that wall.
