Considering Sisyphus, Hercules, and My Basement

By 1 and 12

parenthesized,

spring cleaning feels

human-sized;

it's a big stable

but you're able.

Seen as more 

than just one year:

considerably worse

I fear.

The bitter pill —

a rock and a hill.

Common Household Pests 25 & Residences 7

If you're a bird
a nest is the best,
but not if you woof
or long for a roof.

Of a lodge in a pond
those beavers are fond;
they dive in the dark
to retrieve some snack bark.

But of all the editions
of living conditions,
one fugitive mouse
wants to live in my house.

Residences 6, or, The Third Pig was a Contractor

A wolf is fierce
and he runs nimbly
but he won't fit
down no chimbly;
house of bricks --
safe as can be,
when heated with
'lectricity.

Residences 5

House of water
house of air
house of cards;
three kinds of lair
that bode unwell
for leather chair.
A house of wood
or stone is finer
as a spot
for your recliner.

Residences 4

Living in imagination
often gets new paint.
Monday it can look postmodern,
Then on Tuesday, quaint.
You'll be convinced your house is real;
for others, though, it ain't,
unless they dream your dream with you
asleep (or they might faint).