Milk Pearls and Mould

One of those days...

Do you believe in omens?

Like if you drop your toast

in the morning and it lands

butter side up, do you think

today will be a good day?

 

As I gently squeezed and

pulled the last egg from

the box this morning

it imploded with a

squelch all over my hand

 

Ah well I’ll have toast then

I thought and did

after trimming off the 

mould which was shyly

loitering around the crust

 

Seemingly these were omens

for my day since has been full

of broken eggs, mouldy 

crusts and toast falling

butter side down on the floor 

 

And now I find the carton

I bought is leaking.

A trail of white pearls

follow me from the car

to the kitchen and I am

crying over spilt milk. 

Reviews

[Captain Blackheart (The..]

Yip...it cirtain looks like one of those days. I hope it got better, a very good write showing how things all add up, into what feels like the waight of the world upon us. A great Write.

[Patient Poet (Yos)]

:) ... Hope you having a better day NOW Yossi

[Samuel Dickens]

There are days like that--I think we all have them. I try not to be superstitious about it, but can't help noticing the signs. "Trail of white pearls"--I like that. I hope you don't have very many of those kind of days, April Child. A very well-written poem.

[PianoandPage]

a small suggestion. in the last stanza the repeated use of "milk" tripped me up a little bit. i'm trying to think of another word to use but that's hard. it's not bad per se... but i did notice it and it seemed a little rougher than the rest of the poem which was all good stuff.

i really love the idea of "mold loitering" lol. that is brilliance. you write magic in everyday experience.

[Antonio Valentino]

This may be a bit of a stretch, but i'm thinking breakfast bars, or fruit perhaps. Wait, breakfast bars can mold too, and dropped apples, all squishy, never mind. I'm really loving your writing, it is so crisp, and clear, and easy to understand, that's important for me, even though no one can understand my stuff lol. This was really funny, well maybe not at the time, but you seem like you would just take these things in stride, and maybe even crack up a little bit later on in the day. Ha Ha. Kind of like that. Oh yeah, one more thing, remind me to never come over for a toasted egg sandwich, I'm not sure but I'm thinking I'm probably allergic to mold.

Remember, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Well, sometimes anyway.
Loved This!

Antonio

I love the last line.

Good form, good choice of words, and the narration flows smoothly. I do feel like I am reading a short story, actually, a very short story, with a wonderful insight.

A good piece

[waywithwords]

April my friend what brilliant imagery "A trail of white pearl" Just awesome my friend and a phrase I will well remember. Could not fault anything that is as beautiful and different as this poem of yours.
HUGS xxxxxxxxxxxxxxAnne.

[Flow]

LOL.. I never look for things like that but with all of that happening in one day how can anyone not notice. Very good poem that made me smile.

[Amanda]

it's like one of those days...i seem to have a lot of them lately, but i always look up and say i could be a whole lot worse. i hope it got better!

nicely written.

Always,

Amanda

[J.P. Bristow]

I so do this...great write!!!!! engaging and insightful.

[SweetPeachesAlways]

What foolishness is this? April Child has bad days? I refuse to believe such tomfoolery!
Excellent write, though, hon!