
Sometimes I wake up in a room
& don’t know where I am.
My partner’s?
My daughter’s?
Home?
Sometimes I walk into a room that isn’t
even there.
carrying two cups of coffee,
one for me, one for her
and a Sunday Mail under my arm
but that was yesterday.
I’m in the 4th dimension now.
Somewhere in the distance a crow caws, a cat hisses, an old CD
is playing, ‘You’re out of time, my baby’.
I scratch my head, my balls.
How do I get back Where’s the exit door?
The entrance?
Help.
Try taking the red pill. I can’t vouch for it but my penguin says it’s right.
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ahh yes: the red pill; if memory serves that’s from ‘The Matrix’ —
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You might be right. I just picked a colour. It could be Alice in Wonderland. 🙂
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my memory serves me well; checked Google; the protagonist in ‘The Matrix’ is given a choice of two pills: the red for truth and self knowledge; the blue for bliss and ignorance —‘
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Huh. Fancy that. Lucky pick. 🙂
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dizzy
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that’s perfect , Beth: that pretty well sums it up and how it felt 🙂
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It’s like going down a rabbit hole, John. 🙂
“Caterpillar: Who are you?
Alice: “I-I hardly know, sire, just at present-at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.”
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yes, thanks for that reference; the Alice books are timeless 🙂
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Have a great day, John!
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you too 🙂
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Did you check for a phone booth? They make excellent entrances and exits, I hear. Out of time, or taking a time out? Either way, this poem has a stellar spooky vibe, John. Gives me a shiver.
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thanks, K: the first time was truly spooky ; now ….
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Time is multi-dimensional, and your poem proves this well!
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thanks Eden: I didn’t know what was happening at first …
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Maybe you are in the hidden room in Hogwarts. 😂😂😂
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hahah; that opens up new possibilities 🙂
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When you see yourself coming and going, John; let me know and I’ll schedule you an appointment. Lol or maybe don’t smoke that wacky tobaccy. 😆
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Lol. A bit like Billy Pilgrim, Elle, in ‘Slaughterhouse 5’, becoming ‘unstuck in time’ —
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I love the way this trips from the mundane to the surreal in a few short lines. 🙂
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thanks Hobbo: once you dissociate it happens quickly and without warning
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😂 I thought I was in for a ditty about waking up in the bath and you took me completely by surprise.
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it took me by surprise too, Hobbo: that’s the nature of dissociation —
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😂👍
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You too, John!
I thought it was just WordPress
that loses things,
and where people get lost 🤔
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Lol…. good to see you back on board the WordPress train again 🙂
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I unplugged for just a bit 🔌
to get some chores done
and WordPress disconnects me
from just about everyone ⁉️
Perhaps I should ask them
for a big discount 💡 💵
Being erased from cyberspace
is really no fun 🤔
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🙂 agreed, David: WordPress is like the Mother Ship 🙂 which reminds me, wanted to comment on your post but having trouble 😦
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The scratching definitely added to the lost picture.
Could be the Twilight Zone. May you find your way…
Well written. 🙂
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I like to add mundane details to tether the piece 🙂 my next post btw will be about ‘tethering’; you are the first to know 🙂
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That’s quite a horror story. It’s like the internet, you just float around like a 1 or a 0…….
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thanks Ulle; it’s a bit late now: I was going to add ‘Horror’ to one of the categories or tags but forgot —
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The ball is in your court,
so give it a good scratch 🏀😎
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🙂 thanks David; I had forgotten that post; glad you found it 🙂
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