Last night as I lay in bed, I thought "OH no! Tomorrow is "Writing Wednesday", what am I going to post. As usual I've been procrastinating all day on doing my blog entries, and now I have just a few minutes left before the computer and I part. What to say, what to say.... Okay, I'm going to cheat. Here's an old poem. Not sure if I ever posted it to the blog before, and I am not going to bother to check--
Inside my coat pockets by Me
Inside my coat pockets
the beginning of a poem
I pull out a refrigerator magnet
shaped like a pink frog
or Martha's Vineyard
next I find an old camera
with no pictures left of course
and what do we have over here?
some used Kleenex and a crumbled paper bag
where did this old watch come from?
ah, the orange bottle cap that inspired me
to write this.
That's only pocket one, let me go on.
Up here we have some seashells
mixed in with some sand.
And over here, let me look:
a pen, a business card, and some directions
a flashlight, a bottle of aspirin, and some fruit snacks
a quarter, a receipt, and some hand cream
and more and more fruit snacks.
I have no idea why.
And finally, the last one:
another bottle cap, a bit more kleenex,
my cell phone, and some car keys,
and of course a credit card and some ID.
These are the memories I keep.
This gives a real feel for your life at the time. I'm glad that it included "seashells mixed in with some sand."
ReplyDeleteMy word verification is "relogra." Makes me think of a time of logic after a period of confusion.