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Doors

In through the outdoor and out through the in

So many doors to manage

I wake

I rise

I open the bedroom door

I enter the bathroom door and close

Completing my ablutions

I enter the bedroom once again

Opening the wardrobe

Picking a shirt, socks, trousers and pants

Dressed I go downstairs

Opening the kitchen door

I pass across its threshold

I drink

I eat

Back into the hall

I stroke the dog

Kiss my wife

I wrap a coat around me

Opening the outdoor I pass into the world

Leaving all behind me

I walk in strident steps

Passing through automatic in doors at the station

On to the platform

I press the button

And the train doors open

I am sucked in on a draught of warm air through the out doors

I reach my destination and am expelled

Pushed along the platform

Out through the indoors on to the street

with the throng propelled to the place of work

Through automatic doors in through the outdoors

Into the lift

Fourth floor through the doors

One two three and four

No sooner at my desk

A smile of colleagues a cheery

Hello how was yours, yes

Lunch the phones ringing

Tip tapping keyboards

The hours have passed

And it is time to go

in reverse

Back out through the in door

At a hundred miles an hour

Conversations snatched

And batched

Into contemplated

Neatly tucked away drawers

Reference later

With finger tipped accuracy

Back home now and fed

Out of the kitchen

Back upstairs

Undressed

Kissed the dog stroke the wife

Laying down in bed

Eyes flicker closed

Open quickly

Realise I have been no where

Except in my head

Must get up and out through the indoor

Not sure am I better outdoors

Or in doors instead

 

◄ Waking up my people

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Martin Elder

Wed 7th Feb 2018 22:44

Thanks to David for liking and Nigel Stu and Hannah for commenting.

Why am I not surprised that you singled out that particular line Nigel.

Glad you appreciated the banality of our lives sometimes Stu. I am reminded of the Good life and the Richard Briers characters response to the humdrum. Comically anarchic !

I can understand where you are coming from being a place with so many fire doors Hannah. there is always the hope that they will lead somewhere new. But it is seldom the case.

Thanks everybody
Martin

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Tue 6th Feb 2018 21:12

Amazing writing.
All day long doors, where I live it's heavy fire doors.
Sometimes we are outside the door, sometimes in.
Really enjoyed.

Hannah

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Stu Buck

Tue 6th Feb 2018 19:49

a wonderfully rye look at the banality of everyday existence.

what is it ee cummings said...

'unbeingdead isnt beingalive'

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Nigel Astell

Mon 5th Feb 2018 15:41

Great poem Martin

best line for me

Kissed the dog stroke the wife

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Martin Elder

Sun 4th Feb 2018 19:35

Thanks Rose
No need to apologise we all get busy with stuff.I do quite like Jim he was quite a poet in his way.
Riders of the storm was a classic.

<Deleted User> (9882)

Sun 4th Feb 2018 15:29

long time no comment Martin so here I am with a cap in my hand full of apologies.

A great piece of hard work! You ain't a Jim Morrison fan by any chance?

yes, I am reaching for my coat! ?




Rose ?

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