The Unswept Floor.
Yesterday’s work: Then. Then no
I am approaching the finish of this poem now and thought that I wouldn’t bother sweeping the floor until the end, but it got so bad I had to sweep up. Cruncy or what!
‘Sosos’ of Pergamum was a master craftsman in Greece about 200BC and became very famous for inventing a fashinable type of floor mosaic called ‘The Unswept floor’. These depict a white mosaic floor with the remains of a feast strewn over the floor. Including a mouse tucking in.
So in time honoured tradition then: The Unswept Floor! No mice thankfully. Though I have noticed that the cooler is a wildlife habitat and several spiders boldly march across the bolder while I’m working on it, then come back in the opposite direction a bit later! Cheek.
