The Will To Keep A Tidy House

is less common than we expect.

A friend spoke to me at length
about their schizophrenic brother
who has been on medication
for decades to keep at bay
his delusions about state security.
Delusions that trashed the relationships
he had with his family, and trashed him
-the delusions made him homeless once,
and put him in the loony bin for years.

'He is better' the friend said
'Though his memory of the years
he did not take his pills is a no-go area.
There the delusions about the government
are his memories, there he mistrusts trust
like you would not believe.'.

The pills manage his illness
a lot better than he expected.
But one thing he cannot recover
is the energy and focus to tidy his house,
and rediscover his previous self
as a now attractive mature bachelor.

Alas, there is no pill that will
make anyone a better housekeeper.
If there were one I'd be on it,
at quite a high dosage. And because of it 
I would be more liked and more popular.