Being single

By mcmanaman

Mon, 25 Aug 2014
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‘A discovery is an accident meeting a prepared mind.’

 

Like a broken down lawnmower in an overgrown garden

you are single again and you convince yourself that being single

is like LSD or the microwave or post-it notes;

an invention stumbled upon by mistake.

You are on your own again but you like it

it's not the way you thought your life would go

like the man walking his dog who noticed

prickly seeds sticking to its fur

and invented Velcro.

Certificate PG
Poem
Bridges and Chimneys

Comments

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Loved stumbling across your poem.  You open up new ways of thinking, fresh, gentle and you hit on things exactly.

Submitted by Bee on

I love this and the comparisons you use are so original. Even though it's daunting, so many possibilities are opened up to you. 

Bee