This weekend I went for a rummage in the 20p bin at the Amnesty bookshop, and came across a collection of poems from a writer called Grace Nichols, called Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Woman. How could I not buy it?
My favourite so far is called Grease – poetry for women who can think of better things to do than clean kitchens.
Grease
Grease steals in like a lover
over the body of my oven.
Grease kisses the knobs
of my stove.
Grease plays with the small
hands of my spoons.
Grease caresses the skin
of my table-cloth,
Grease reassures me that life
is naturally sticky.
Grease is obviously having an affair with me.
That certainly is interesting! (and so true)
This made me smile.
M2Mx
Great post, well written and oh so true!
Tis the same in my house, even kitchen items I rarely use and are safely in a cupboard seem to suffer the same fate!
I get a severe case of PMT cleaning frenzy once a month because of this!
(AND YES, i DO CLEAN AS i GO DAILY)
Love the poem! Am heading straight to book depository,,, Thanks for sharing, love the blog too, can totally relate to some of your posts (is it bad that I found your blog by googling “can I hide dirty dishes in the cupboard?” :P My dad’s coming over this morning and I just CAN’T be bothered… Whilst I know it’s “wrong” I take great solace in knowing I’m not the only person in the world who has ever considered it!: P