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Porcelain children

Navigating through a room occupied by a growing child

By Novel AllenPublished 6 months ago 1 min read
Pungent

As you approach the door with great trepidation, dread and fear

with expectations of malodorous pungent whiffs of stinky socks

Be well armed and prepared to do battle with the ghosts of unwashed underwear upon chair

~

Visions of meals past, rotting food and long expired sliced pizza fare

require face masks, gas masks and smelling salts as you woozily rock

As you approach the door with great trepidation, dread and fear

Walking amongst the mess requires skills of a porcelain magician's dare

tip-toe, tip-toe you go, as squishing sounds echo at the clock's tick-tock

Be well armed and prepared to do battle with the ghosts of unwashed underwear upon chair

You mourn the carbon dust of ceramic porcelain wanton children's lack of care

of such wanting in olfactory perambulations of their intense sense lack

As you approach the door with great trepidation, dread and fear

~

You wonder, did you birth these little stinky monsters whom you rear

who instilled these dreary, abstruse dusty porcelain habits so abstract

Be well armed and prepared to do battle with the ghosts of unwashed underwear upon chair

~

Nouns, verbs, expletives, dusting. A mother sighs as dreams drift and she hears

loving voices and footsteps approaching, berating her for disturbing their beloved muck

As you approach the door with great trepidation, dread and fear

be well armed and prepared to do battle with the ghosts of unwashed underwear upon chair.

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I plead the 5th.

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Comments (7)

  • L.C. Schäfer6 months ago

    I love it! I just shut the door on it 🤣

  • Two potential solutions come to mind: first, situate the cat's litter box (which they refuse to clean) right where their feet will fall as they get out of bed in the morning & proclaim that is precisely where it will remain until they clean their room; second, announce to them that you shall clean & throw whatever you deem disposable away (no matter how precious to them) or save whatever you deem most embarrassing (to be displayed prominently whenever they decide to bring over friends &/or significant others).

  • Grz Colm6 months ago

    Bahahah! Don’t make me go all Mary Poppins on their assess! 😆 This was so comical but written so seriously, almost deadpan! Classic Novel!!

  • Pamela Walsh-Holte6 months ago

    I resemble these remarks! Great poem and so true! Fear the ghost of unwashed underwear upon chair! Loved it..

  • Help why is there a steaming hot pizza in that suitcase? 🤣🤣🤣 Hahahahahaha your poem made me laugh soooo muchhhhhh!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • Shaun Walters6 months ago

    Amazing imagery! I think the unwashed underwear is going to haunt me as much as that chair

  • Lamar Wiggins6 months ago

    😅 I didn’t know the truth could feel so eerie! Well done!

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