mismatched earstuds
dusty bottles of stale perfume
an empty jar of ecollagen
plastic-coated hairclasps
broken-toothed french combs
a box of white petroleum jelly still in its protective sheath
a dark-eyed peacock feather
l'oreal liss control long past its expiry
a gift tag saying merry christmas. love you lots.
bracelets in skin tones and sky blue and aqua,
silver and gilt-edged worn off in places
economy packs of neosporin and dipsalic
sunblocks in lotion, cream and gel
button strays
cds
a candle
dust whorls
hair strands
dog fur
and this is just the top drawer
wonder what's in the other three?
PS: After my last blog post, some folks seem to have pegged me down as being in some kind of deep dark depression. Not quite. Mood swings is the more correct term. Anyway, it made me remorseful enough to post something more lighthearted to say hey I'm ok.
Old cupboard
ReplyDeleteThings leap out
Clattering sounds
Sounds like you have rats in the cupboard, Loch haha
ReplyDeleteAh. I should have said with apologies to Matsuo Basho. Apologies indeed!
ReplyDeleteThis is good, Caliopia, poetic. Isn't it hard throwing away most of those stuffs because they remind you of someone or some occasion?
ReplyDeletehman deuh ah khan i blog ah hian comment ka post thiam lo a :( .... ka tlawh loh phah charrrr charrrr...hei ka ron tei lut leh rawk rawk a...comment post dan a lo dang leh tawh
ReplyDeleteAnd here I thought you were trying your hand at being poetic too, Loch!
ReplyDeletemesjay, you think so? Thank you. *hugs* Actually I didn't throw away all the stuff. Some I kept back to clutter my space for a while yet :)
Ka thu lo alom, rambo, an duh duh dan hian thil hi an ti danglam a. Keini hi chuan kan lo ui pui tui lian thlir ve mai mai fo a ni :P Welcome back.
You do have a lot of stuff! And what is Dipsalic? Can't even guess :)
ReplyDeletei like the clutter in this poem. the creams and perfumes, dog fur and wht not- very vivid imagery.
ReplyDeletehehe diary, it's a skin ointment. Every year around the time the heat starts cranking up, I get this rash on the back of my neck but dipsalic gets rid of it in a couple of days.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gauri, I really appreciate that :)
Its amazing how the female specie can empty their personal drawer and make it worth a post. For guys (Correction! Any self-respecting male.), I guess it would not extend beyond the fifth line, and you definitely wouldn't wanna know whats in the other three! :P
ReplyDeleteHehe red, let's see, a guy's drawers would probably read something like
ReplyDeletemismated socks
an empty bottle of aftershave
a jumble of undies
porn stashes
more porn stashes
yet more porn stashes....
haha you get the drift :D
mine
ReplyDeleteis somewhat similar to yours
what does one do
with lotions, potions, solutions
half used,
still too full to discard
somehow, that "someday" to use them
never rolls around.
Is there comfort in junk
that familiar, purposeless clutter?
All I know is
there's just no more space on my dresser
for that new Kaya lotion that will make me look fresher :P
Lol your dresser does sound a lot like mine but your poemtry's so much more with it *sigh*
ReplyDeleteheyyy, no way!
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