Wednesday 8 January 2014

January 8th. An Essence Of Memories.


An Essence Of Memories.

Salt and Vinegar with Chips on a Saturday,
Stale smoke and beer,
A lingering of fear,
Dettol for the cuts,
Disinfectant for the vomit,
The stench of dread creeping from the closet.


5 comments:

  1. Hi Jackie,

    Cool pictures! Thanks for sharing. :-)

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  2. I liked the pictures and find your poem to be very intriguing!

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    1. The photo is of some of my perfume bottles. The poem......smells and situations really. I shall write a more positive 'smelly' poem tomorrow.

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  3. The poem is very good, I like it a lot. And it goes perfectly with the picture!

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  4. I'm glad these are memories rather than current realities. The poem is very evocative.

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