Burning Issues

I ended up writing two poems for the pub poetry group this month. This one was based on my own prompt - "put it on the back burner", as I had this, and the next line of the poem running around my head. Language warning in this one, but I hope you enjoy reading it anyway!

Burning Issues 

I cannot deal with this right now.

You know how much is on my plate!

I have fires left, right and centre.

Yours will simply have to wait.

So put it on the back burner 

And we’ll burn the fucking house down.

And then, maybe, some problems won't exist.

   The damp, the plumbing, re-hanging the door,

   Repainting the walls, and sanding the floor

   And the mortgage - won’t be problems anymore

I can at least cross those things off my list.

Other things will take their place though.

If I've burnt the fucking house down.

And then some other problems will have to give;

   I'll have new issues to sort, and they'll be tough;

   Fire insurance, and the police statement will be rough,

   I'll also need to replace all of our stuff.

And I guess we'd need to find somewhere new to live.

But those are problems for tomorrow,

When I've burnt the fucking house down.

The problems of today are much more pressing;

   The bills to pay, and where to get the cash from.

   All this info in my head that I need to pass on!

   And wondering if I have left the gas on- 

That last one really is quite stressing.

After all, if I have, 

I might end up burning the fucking house down.