Thursday 14 April 2011

hidden

the furniture, they know my secret
deep in their belly, 
they hide my amber scarf
I have looked for it everywhere
found spots of soups 
we used to share
and a single coin
few beads
your gold cuff link
I found a breath too
yours or mine
I can't say

"do store in Pandora's box"

34 comments:

  1. Very nice...as always..Gautami..

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  2. right, what does happen to all those experiences? good answer!

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  3. The personification of the couch is well done; and the reference to Pandora's Box fitting when considering memories.

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  4. Couches have great appetites. Like Dustus, I love the personification of the couch.

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  5. Wonderful and creative! Just like walls, if only the couch could talk...

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  6. That explains so much! I'll check my couch and see if it ate my long term memory (as well as my spare time).

    Great 55, Gautami!

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  7. haha...hoping i find a little change inmy couch...nice ref to pandoras box...

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  8. Yes Gautami, Ive been 'Mugged' by the furniture a few times in my life
    Excellent 55 My Friend.
    Thanks for playing, and have a Kick Ass Week-End...G

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  9. Very interesting point of view! Thanks for playing. You did very well. If you would like to catch my 55:

    Click here to check my 55 out

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  10. That answers a lot of qestions... :)

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  11. Ah—what you found is a story in itself

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  12. Very nice! Let's hope the couch never talks! Does it take socks from the dryer too?

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  13. Oh how true! I love it, specially the reference to the legendary Pandora - if we hope, we will always find because of the indestructibility of matter.

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  14. What a great 55 - the personification of the furniture is brilliant!

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  15. So many times one loses one's breath, and now we learn, it remains.

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  16. lolsssss..

    That's nice.. furnitures n their appetite!

    Memento

    Weekend Hugs xx

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  17. It's enough to make you think twice about sticking your hand down between the pillows, isn't it?

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  18. Love the images and witty punchline.

    ~laurie

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  19. Sorry about your amber scarf. I bet it ran off with my first vocal recorder, my long green sock, and my brother's first piggy-bank, the latter which went missing in 1969.

    xo

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  20. I love the reference to and confusion about the breath... wonderful change of tone, topic.

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  21. An excellent reference, Gautami.

    Pamela

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  22. Nice, and if your furniture is at all like mine, it's probably also hiding a single sock or two. :) Loved the bit about finding a breath and not knowing whether it's "yours or mine" - something deeply sensual about this, I think...

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  23. Very enjoyable...and what would the amber scarf say if ever found?

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  24. I liked the pathos in the situation.

    but as a person with major foot in the mouth syndrome...this can actually be a scary situation to be in, for me. :p

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  25. What is it about the strange appetites of sofas? This captures a strange truth very well.

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  26. Voracious appetite indeed! And they have swallowed my remotes, phones and even laptop power cords. Nice work.

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  27. I really like the simplicity of this one - the images are little capsules of a relationship.

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  28. one of my favorites of yours. clear, yet mysterious. lovely balance.

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