A Lonely Socks Lament

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OK, so I have one very sad sock in my drawer.....it pleads with me daily...."NO....she will return!".......so I leave this lonely, abandoned sock.....alone....in his dark hope.....of reunion

A Lonely Socks Lament

Unmatched
in loneliness
am I
hidden
in a five drawer
tower
locked away
unable to search
for a mate
shunned
by those in
pairs
I wait
listening
to the dryer’s
tumble
anticipating
a reunion
as each cycle
ends.
Footless
no toes to cradle
no hugging shoes
only loneliness
in the corner
of matchless
socks.


John G. Lawless
©4/2/2018

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Kai Michael Neumann

Date: 4/7/2018 5:03:00 AM

Great. At my home we call them bachelor socks...

John Lawless
Date: 4/11/2018 2:14:00 PM

Oh I can see a mismatched Argyle rainbow hanging out in the corner of their bachelor pad top drawer....

Jan Allison

Date: 4/6/2018 6:46:00 AM

ha ha ha I can relate so much and have written a poem on the same theme. I am convinced the sock monster lives in my washing machine!!!:-) hugs janxx www.poetrysoup.com/poem/unanswered_questions_-_sock_it_to_me_972200

John Lawless
Date: 4/11/2018 2:10:00 PM

when we were kids Mom would give the odd ones to us to use as extra mittens in the snow....