Can’t find it

What details of your life could you pay more attention to?

You say there’s a place for everything

And everything has its place

But the trouble with that for me you see

Is I don’t know where that is.

I know it goes here or hereabouts

And this goes over there

But I still don’t know the exact right place

Though I really try to care.

My wife does cares, cares very much

She’s driven mad by me

Everything I ever touch

Goes where it shouldn’t be.

It could be a man and woman thing

Or perhaps a missing gene?

I’ve looked for that gene all over the place

But it’s nowhere to be seen.

Attention to the details? That would be a start.

What details of your life could you pay more attention to?

Attention to the details??

Well that would be a start!

I kind of blunder through in life.

I don’t do details much.

I find it hard to concentrate

To finish what I’m doing.

My mind will be on something else

Or simply getting finished.

In consequence things don’t get done

I miss those little details

The little things just don’t get done

The task will be unfinished.

Even worse there’ll be no start

I don’t see what needs doing

Or I might forget what I said I’d do.

I don’t do it on purpose.

Worse than all the household chores

I miss those little cues

I’m focused on my selfish thoughts

And might not notice you!