The Floordrobe

[Delta40]

She says her room is just messy.
More like Katrina whirled in for a visit.
How to get from the door to her bed so we can talk.
It's the floordrobe which prevents me getting closer
Garbage and valued possessions blur my senses
as mysterious odours ominously warn,
Get Out While You Can!
All her clothes, clean, unwashed, torn
meld into mini termite hills
and I imagine her as the queen larva
squeezing out can after empty can of power drinks.
Please Lord, make sure she gets a daughter just like her!
Numerous high heels stick upwards
from the hidden jarrah floor
like an indian bed of nails.
Three bathroom towels are wound into turbans.
There is definitely more than one elephant stashed in this war torn room.
She can grow toadstools in the night without a second thought.
I spot splashes of candle wax on my precious DVD.
The Best of Catherine Tate
Now the steam really blows out of my ears, my face tomato red
like some old Looney Tunes cartoon.
Her bed is covered in moulting cat hair
and I demand answers that I know are at least another two years away.
For now, all she does is look steadfastly at the ceiling thinking,
How much longer will that old cow go on for?
I try to rescue the DVD from the infestation of rot
but fear the hidden land mines that could blow my limbs apart.
My opinion bounces off the walls, only to land at my feet.
It hurriedly scuttles out of the room, gasping for air.
So I retreat from the floodrobe with a futile request to clean her room.
She carelessly shrugs her shoulders and replies,
Is my face bovvered?

[Jerrybaldy]

I love your lack of concern for the unaquainted with katherine tate (genius she is). I dont want to prattle on but more and more your poetry is like an unstoppable outpouring. Its not even as though you had a choice but to write it. At the same time it is not rushed but loaded with gems.

[Delta40]

It's a sign that some other areas of my life are dysfunctional. Lighting a smoke now!

[Jerrybaldy]

light two. one for me one for you, like in the movies.

[Delta40]

Ok but's it's damn hard to type with holding two smokes!

[everyadventure]

Some great imagery in this one! "Mini termite hills" and "queen larva!" Love the high heels sticking up like an Indian bed of nails. Brought back memories of my own teenage years and my poor hopeless mother. I embarrassed that woman to no end.

And if you think your daughter's room is bad, you will be reassured to know that I used wood glue to adhere a million foil gum wrappers directly to my walls. It was like living in an icebox!

I also really liked the line about the questions that won't be answered for at least a couple years. There is a lot of truth in that; eventually she'll come around and need her mommy again :)

[Twota]

loool, I quoted too many lines as to be my fav lines but then I noticed, it was almost the entire poem ;D really like it :D

[Delta40]

Thanks EA. I'm glad you relate. After I posted it I thought of all the sticky taped corners of ripped posters all over the wall and wondered whether to add them!

Twota I'm glad you found it entertaining. If only Bagman could read me now!

[MystyrMystyry]

Now this is a subject matter that the world needs much more of!

Great work Delta!


My opinion bounces off the walls, only to land at my feet.
It hurriedly scuttles out of the room, gasping for air