a perfect day
"I lit another cigarette and wondered distantly how I would get through the day. It was a problem demanding some ingenuity.”
― Iris Murdoch, A Severed Head
photo by Karen Powers at Unsplash
a perfect day
i am looking
at the window grills
the clothes hangers
hanging there
on the dusty metal
like big question marks.
and outside,
the sanitation workers
are banging the trash bins
and dumpsters
around the dump truck
they are shouting in a
rapid-fire language
like directing fire in a war.
i do not understand
i feel a migraine coming
i could need a nap
i lay on the bed
looking at the ceiling
the ceiling looks
back at me
and smirks.
22/02/2022
**********
BAND-MAID - Real Existence
© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2022
― Iris Murdoch, A Severed Head
a perfect day
i am looking
at the window grills
the clothes hangers
hanging there
on the dusty metal
like big question marks.
and outside,
the sanitation workers
are banging the trash bins
and dumpsters
around the dump truck
they are shouting in a
rapid-fire language
like directing fire in a war.
i do not understand
i feel a migraine coming
i could need a nap
i lay on the bed
looking at the ceiling
the ceiling looks
back at me
and smirks.
22/02/2022
**********
BAND-MAID - Real Existence
© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2022
posted by dsnake1 at 12:26 AM
17 Comments:
Everything is alive with animation. I love the hangers as question marks.
Colleen,
Thank you!
Animation. I like that. :)
I want to slap that smirking ceiling!
Rosemary,
Haha, I won't. It may drop down. :)
You have captured that down depressing feeling we experience on occasion...garbage trucks and question mark coat hangers are a nice touch. Keep some orange juice combined with lemon barley water ice blocks in the freezer. Very good for this type of situation
Oh this scene just came alive with audio-visual effects! Nicely done!!
Rallentanda,
orange juice with lemon barley water ice blocks in the freezer. I keep that in mind, thank you. :)
Rajani,
Thank you!
haha, audio-visual effects! with surround sound. :)
I love the ending. It's both fun and eerie. As if inviting me to birth a story out of that smirk.
Thank you, Magaly.
Sometimes that's what a bad day feels like. :)
What a day. What a mangy, miserable day. Like Rosemary, it makes me want to wipe that smirk to kingdom come (wherever that is).
Yes, what a mangy day! :)
Thank you, Debi.
Migraines and poetry...I know this all too well.
Peace D Snake.
Brother Ollie,
Usually don't mix, but this time it does. :)
Peace Bro.
Visually evocative. Beautiful!
Thank you, magiceye!
Great to see you! :)
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Thank you, Rajani. :)
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