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Submitted by Kieran Nelson on 28 March 2008 - 4:34pm.| Updated 30 March 2008 - 5:07am.
Style / Type:
freeform
I like my things in boxes
With special labels, row on row,
My life all separated
In a cardboard fashion show.
With folder and divider,
Polly pocket – in a file.
Nothing quite like being anal
And organised all the while.
I’ve seven different systems
To sort my odds and ends:
Size, colour, shadow and lint,
Straightness, value and bends.
And I’m happy once it’s finished
Everything right and so,
For I like my things in boxes
With special labels, row on row.
I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back
What did you think of my title?
How was my language use?
What did you think of the rhythm or pattern or pacing?
How does this theme appeal to you?
(3 votes)
Kieran
Absolutely nothing anal about it
this was most enjoyable to read
it was light and amusing
Chrys
Just Marvelous
Barbara Writes
I really enjoyed reading this from beginning to end.
everything needs to be organized for me to function well
no need to wonder where it right there
see no need for changes.
I have passed this on to my
I have passed this on to my girlfriend, who promises to read it as soon as she is done colour-coding her files.
Seriously.
She is the queen of anal, and you have her down pat.
Note to self:
File under Damn Funny with cross reference for Seriously Fun to Read.
In ink,
IKnow NoBox
Thanks for the comments
Thanks for the comments :D
Kieran
“Mind, how you go!”
- Roger McGough’s poem for LSD Awareness Week
If only life could be organised into boxes
Some prankster decided to put a picture of a pair of hands dissappearing into a sea of paper on my office door so from that you can see just how organised my colleagues think i am .lol. I did once give an inspirational speech on how much work and reading went into the prepartion of each of my public lectures and invited the audience to imagine the 60 odd box files of reference materials i had gathered to give my 25 offerings to them….they seemed very impressed although it would appear i still have to learn myself from the experience. I enjoyed the poem very much Kieran and yes I agree it was also a fun read even if there is a serious component below it (did i say I was a Psychologist by training?….but thats another kind of box i managed to escape from). Keith
Hi Kieran...
Like Alobar, it isn’t me but my wife…great poem for her..
she even has to have hangers in a certain order…
oh my god… wait until she reads this.
light-hearted is always welcomed from me.
Richard
OM Goddess!
You have just described ME! I used to be so bad that if someone made the bed for me and it wasn’t just so, I would tear it down and remake. I’m not that bad anymore, my husband has relaxed me quite a bit. Wonderful poem, I laughed and laughed while I read it!
Always, Cat
My wife says you're the bomb
I read her this poem this morning and she smiled and smiled. She is a total cleanomaniac and organizer. You have added a new member to your fanclub.
RT
nothing wrong in being organised!
I am kind of a neat freak too and so identify with this. All I can say is,you organised a comedic element into a very neat use of words. :o)