Never Stop Improving

is the motto 
for a warehouse store
selling lumber and spackle and lights
handyman that you are
you are always paying attention:
it’s time to go to work

rebuilding the shelves
in the bedroom
rebuilding the bedroom itself 
then improving the kiss
the response to the kiss
the response to the response to the kiss

let’s get to work
let’s improve something
this is all
too linear
too many
logical steps

let’s get to work
gapping the frame
inserting the chipped marble
stenciling eagles on the mantels
rotating the architecture
around the range of solutions

let’s improve something
settling the ape
into the new cornerstone
suspending the dove above
charming the octopus into singing
finishing the pain threshhold

never stop improving
long pauses
short breaths
driving of angel nails
let’s get to work
housewarming