The 4th Drawer Down

It was only a matter of time.
After years of hoarding
the fourth drawer down
has finally gone off the rails.


A white ceramic drawer handle
an old penknife with black bone handle
jewellers pliers with striped handles
two rolls of masking tape
a roll of M3 garden tape
two sprung 5m metal tape measures
a flat head screwdriver
a cross head screwdriver
a light blue gas meter key, marked GAS
three brass radiator keys
assorted steel bolts, no nuts
three brass picture hangers
a coil of brass picture wire
a cheap Chinese tin half filled with eye screws
two flat brass plate fittings, use unknown
a white plastic plug safety cover
a glued up tube of Supaglu
a small white tube of Araldite
an almost empty yellow tube of UHU glue
a blue handled tile-scoring tool
a small grey ‘Buster 10’ stapler
a blue staplegun without staples
a plastic tub of pins with primary coloured heads
three pale yellow insect repelling tea lights
a blue plastic bag of white curtain hooks
a small silver novelty whisk
a faded off-white two-into-three adaptor plug
a broken black charger cable
two black padlocks, no keys 
small but powerful clip on bike lights
one yellow dayglo cycle clip
two puncture repair patches and
a Magnetic Poetry set


The Poetry Set was a surprise.
I never knew he had it in him.