Paula Goldsmith Poet Free verse

If Only You Knew How Upset I Get

If only you knew how upset I get,
going into bathrooms with just air machines.
I have not figured out how to wipe up water off the counter,
with just air machines.
I have not figured out how to dry my eyes,
with just air machines.
I have not figured out how to wipe a baby's butt,
with just air machines.
I have not figured out how to wipe food off my top,
with just air machines.
I have not figured out how to take invisible towels,
with just air machines.

Because sometimes we can't say,
what angers us from day to day.

I have not figured out how to get paper towels put back,
not just air machines.
I have not figured out how to get choice put back,
not just air machines.

Date: 8-26-2019 Written

Third Place    If only you knew    Contest Judged:  8/29/2019  Sponsored by:  Silent One
If Only You Knew How Upset I Get

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Anne-Lise Andresen August 31, 2019 at 3:06 PM - Congratulations on your winning poem, Paula :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Paula Goldsmith August 31, 2019 at 5:39 PM Thank You, for your note and reading my work. I love to read what others have to say. Enjoy your weekend.......

Gershon Wolf August 29, 2019 at 7:40 PM I'm with you 100%, Paula. It's just environmentalism gone berserk. Congrats on your placement in the contest. ~ Gershon Paula Goldsmith August 30, 2019 at 1:40 PM Thanks for reading and writing. This has bugged me for many years. It was good to write it down. Why can't they have both air machines and paper towels???????? OH Well.................

Silent One August 29, 2019 at 4:19 PM Congratulations on your placement in the contest.. Paula Goldsmith August 30, 2019 at 1:36 PM Thanks for your note. I did not know about the placement. Hope you liked it......................

CayCay Godwin August 28, 2019 at 10:51 PM Yepper, those air machines blow, pardon the pun. I also have issues with faucets that have no knobs but require a certain positioning of your hands under the faucet - I can't get under their correctly apparently. Clever and true, and surely a healthy release to pen. Poetry hugs .... CayCay Paula Goldsmith August 29, 2019 at 11:36 AM Thanks for reading and writing. After many years, it was great to write my feelings about this. I do not understand why they can not have both (machine and paper towels) and let the person pick the one they want to use. You are right, the faucets can also be a pain.........