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No One Lives Here

“Welcome to our home-
no one lives here”
I want to say
as I usher our guests
inside

My husband says
the best way
to know someone
is to visit their home
then proceeds to
scrub, disinfect, and remove
all traces of human life
from ours

He is normally tidy, so
he has created
a new definition of
'company clean'
beyond my understanding
empty, echoing
eerily clean
my rubber boots
relegated
to the trunk of my car
God forbid
anyone know
I still play in the mud!

In one way
it's kind of nice
Like visiting
someone else's house
without the hassle
of leaving mine...

But soon I'll miss
my clutter
wishing for the
comfortable chaos
of my creative processes
longing for
some evidence
of the most important
things to me
who I am
how I feel
what I do...

Sometimes I long
for someone to see
my mess
no unrealistic
expectations
just bare, exposed
human frailty
adorned with
a passion
for creative survival
whatever that looks like...

And if they're not
strong enough
to stomach that
I'll find new friends.

Copyright © Rhona Mcferran | Year Posted 2019

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Ann Foster Date: 11/7/2019 5:31:00 PM whatever that looks like...friend here... come to tea any time, all will be just fine... (we can buy a shed and hide your things from removal by force...argg.) Hugs. Great write. Ann Login to Reply Rhona Mcferran Date: 11/7/2019 6:04:00 PM Hahaha! Luckily, I don't need a shed... the only thing he actually removed from the house were my boots (everything else just got neatly put away)! ...But thanks for the offer! ;) *Hugs*

Michelle Faulkner Date: 11/7/2019 2:55:00 PM This makes me think of those displays of bedrooms and living rooms in department stores (remember department stores?) but they were so bland and antiseptic that they turned me off buying anything! I agree, a home needs the clutter of a full life! Login to Reply Rhona Mcferran Date: 11/7/2019 3:24:00 PM Oh I know... it's like those ridiculously skinny mannequins that give us no idea what the clothing would look like on a normal person! It would be helpful (if a bit hilarious) if they would stage furniture displays with normal clutter in somewhat chaotic still-life scenes! Sure, it would turn off the neat freaks... but aren't they out-numbered anyway? ;D

M. L. Kiser Date: 11/6/2019 3:12:00 PM I admit that I'm a slob, "company clean" I will never be and really, "if you've ever worked in a company office...they're filthy". Love this line especially, 'God forbid anyone know I still play in the mud!" Stay a child, Rhona; never completely leave that place. Enjoyed. Login to Reply Rhona Mcferran Date: 11/6/2019 10:26:00 PM Ah, no danger of me growing up! hahaha! Glad you enjoyed! ;)

Caren Krutsinger Date: 11/4/2019 11:15:00 PM Research has proven that creative people have permission to be creative if they live in some kind of mess or squalor, so it is GOOD for the imagination. "eerily clean my rubber boots relegated to the trunk of my car God forbid anyone know I still play in the mud!" Loved this! Login to Reply Rhona Mcferran Date: 11/4/2019 11:46:00 PM So glad you enjoyed this! I keep shaking my head & laughing at whatever weird impulse made him hide my rubber boots... so I figured it'd be fun to throw that in! ;D