The files in the filing cabinet
Are all talking at once.
Mumble1 jumble2, say the files
In the filing cabinet.
The desk, discreet3,
Discloses nothing.
Rough drafts live
A roustabout life,
Tumbling from shelves,
While books, published
and smugly replete4,
No longer feel the need
To compete.
Stationery5 sprawls6,
Casual as sunbathers.
In the locked drawer,
Love letters lie.