Photograph courtesy Tess Kinkaid, Magpie Tales
They said you were comfortable
Once
In your early days
When
You were younger
Everyone wanted a part of you
Sitting
On your sturdy arm
Wanting
Needing total ownership
No one was able to have you
Completely
You were aloof icily
Cold
Forever standing alone
I never liked you anyway
Dark
Just like your owner
Bonfire
You're joining him
Barbara M Lake ©
Trinidad, WI
November 2012
Chuckle.
ReplyDeleteChuckle is about right!
DeleteBurn Red!
ReplyDeleteSharp, cutting - well done!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Nice to see you here!
DeleteBad chair... love this.
ReplyDeleteLaughing .....thank you!
DeleteFor some reason it reminds me of a woman... especially of a mother. Everyone wants the woman, wants to touch her and cling to her, but she doesn't want anything to do with it. Perhaps because she was raised to be aloof, and in the end she suffers the same fate as her mother.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't thought of it like that but I like your perspective - thank you.
DeleteCrisp read and so well written!
ReplyDeleteThank you and thank you fro your visit.
Deleteoh no- ha ha ha to the "bonfire joining him" Priceless!
ReplyDeleteCremation!
DeleteLovely extended metaphor. Enjoyed this.
ReplyDeleteYou got it in one! Thank you so much.
DeleteWell done Bee. I must say I do like the seat though.
ReplyDeleteThe woman didn't!
Deletelooks like those chairs, they used to have in waiting rooms at doctors, they polished them and I could never reach the floor with my short legs and used to slide off ............."bad chair" ...indeed, I enjoyed this one *chuckle*
ReplyDeleteIt does a bit, doesn't it? And they squeaked!
Delete..Too good servant for years to be just left alone and be burned... Sad fate for such a useful thing.. Ancient companion...
ReplyDeleteMaybe the reminder of who sat in it was just too much to bear! Thank you and thank you for coming by,
DeleteOooh Bee! Harsh ... (but well written.)
ReplyDeleteOooh sometimes we need to be harsh - laughing..........
DeletePoor chair. But for a while in your poem I fancied you were talking about the occupant. The burning of lingering spirits.
ReplyDeleteI was!
DeleteOh, that is one angry woman. Jealous of the chair - this is deeper than it seems!
ReplyDeleteJealousy could be an emotion here...........
DeleteI love this! So many possibilites in the analogy. Great work here.
ReplyDeleteSo many..............
DeleteSheer brilliance Bee! So much to disect in this!
ReplyDeleteThat's very kind - thank you
Deletewell done Bee....thanks for sharing this
ReplyDeleteThank you for visiting
DeleteGiggle...we were thinking along the same lines this week Bee...
ReplyDeleteYes we were without reading each other first!
DeleteI was in a similar train of thought this time too. Creatively captured!
ReplyDeleteIt happened to a few of us! Laughing...........
DeleteTerrific - it just sings of 'done'.
ReplyDeleteThank you! It is done!
DeleteServed them right. Elegant but snobbish didn't do them any good! Nicely Bee!
ReplyDeleteHank
You saw yet another side! Thanks.
DeleteVery clever...I loved this!
ReplyDeleteYou're very kind Katherine. Thank you.
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