Porcelain children
Navigating through a room occupied by a growing child
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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).
Bahahah! Don’t make me go all Mary Poppins on their assess! 😆 This was so comical but written so seriously, almost deadpan! Classic Novel!!
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!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Amazing imagery! I think the unwashed underwear is going to haunt me as much as that chair
😅 I didn’t know the truth could feel so eerie! Well done!