Turn of Events
she placed her ragged comfort blanket in the exhausted tumble dryer
to dry her tears shed during nightmares spinning terror and cold dreams
requested safe passage from the Goddess of laundry and put on the heat
experiences revolved with the whirl of the drum that was beating retreat
and she sucked her thumb down to the bone and nibbled at the core
cartilages of time opened disconnected articulations of doubtful surprise
amazed she meandered through a labyrinth of bewildering revelations
soothed by thoughts of mixing and mingling various fabrics and texture
the quilt had a few holes where rites of passage had left their impression
to be sure of success she pressed the repeat cycle again and once more
better to be safe than sorry she checked connections sockets and fuse box
placed a few candles on the machine and wished for an omen or guidance
‘I’m made from different cloth than constant repetitions of sorrow and fear’
but the dummy replacement had not changed a bit and stared in contempt
to make up for her failure she sharpened a knife and shred into the past
28th September 2020
contest: mystery word find
sponsor: Caren Krutsinger
five words used: experiences requested blanket amazed sharpened
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