deconstruction

Lets have a little talk about life

it strikes me in the dying days of 2016

that the big lego pit I have in my lounge-room

is a metaphor for life

things always look good in 

the box

the brochure

the sales pitch

time share in Hawaii

a new car

that kitchen appliance

or even some lego

the old line

sell the steak not the sizzle

is just as relevant now

as it was then.

Lego is the ultimate tease

look what you can make

and how neat it will look 

on your shelf.

But like many things in life

you buy it and it remains intact for a little while.

then slowly but surely

it disintegrates.

and after 5 years of aeroplanes, 

gas stations

commando boats

and car transporters

all I can see is a big pile of bits.

I tried to build something this morning

and it took me ages to find anything

in that pile.

My house is that big pile

hard drives, and clothes

tools and furniture

camping gear.

Its all in there somewhere

and I Parkinsonian in my action

know that I don't need to buy any more stuff

whatever I need is in there somewhere.

Its all just there 

behind the thinly veiled order 

under the seemingly neat floorboards

jumbled unseen waiting.

and when 

you get down to it

life is 

chaos.

The second law of thermodynamics states 

that entropy will increase with time

it states there is a gradual decline into

disorder.

I know what you will say

be more organised

clean up, throw out

stay on top of things.

I wonder though

if that is at all possible

given the way of the world

and all that bloody lego.

It started life in pieces

and then was built.

Now like everything its just 

deconstructed.