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The Dreaded Messy Closet

I see the closet door and I hear the theme song to Shark.
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
The one they used to play on Saturday Night Live in the eighties.
You know the one.

I opened it once to take a photo.
Which I sent to my twin sister.
We were bemoaning our messy spots.
So we decided to have a little contest.

I took photos of this closet, and six hoarder piles in one bedroom.
Believe it or not, she sent me eight photos and hers were better.
Or worse depending on which way you are going competition wise.
Thanks Daddy, we both said. He loved keeping everything.

Whereas Mom was a minimalist. She had a rule.
Bring one new thing in, toss one old thing out.
She had no messes anywhere in the house
Except Daddy’s area. She could not control that.

Maybe it’s Mom’s fault, I think to myself.
She is the one that never let us have a mess.
Maybe we are still rebelling.
Anyway, I cannot face this closet yet.

This is the third year in a row it has been un-faceable
It would be nice to use a closet, just not this one.
I turn and take another peek. Is it still there?
Unfortunately yes. Who knows what lives inside.

Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2023

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Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 6/3/2023 3:53:00 PM Hello Caren, I do my closet twice a year. In the Fall I rearrange my closet. to winter and Fall clothes. Then in the Spring i do the same. Giving the clothes i do not wear any more to Good Will. Throw the rest that are faded and torn. Hugs /Darlene\ Login to Reply Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 6/4/2023 4:23:00 PM Hello Caren, isense that one of you will give inThen clean out the closet. Hugs. Darlene\ Caren Krutsinger Date: 6/4/2023 1:27:00 AM My sister and I tried to sort yesterday over the phone. I found a lot of things I did not know that I had and so did she I have not thrown anything yet.

Jan Allison Date: 6/3/2023 1:39:00 PM i find it so hard to discard things - as soon as you do you start to look for it again as it would have been just what you were looking for lol:-) hugs jan xx mysister is my polar opposite she is a clean and tidy freak lol Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 6/4/2023 1:28:00 AM My mother was such a tidy neat freak that it is weird my twin and I are both messers like our daddy.