Lost Appetite

Life witout food? Life without you?

Lost Appetite

 

 

Pans sit upon the burner,

awaiting a flame that will never come

Scraps of food linger about the counter

like so many lost moments and tear stained menus

Dishes create a new mountain

in the scarred and scratched stainless steel sink

(Leftovers of a time I wanted to eat)

 

Yellow scrubbers float in stagnate water

Soap scum film rings shimmer in the sunlight

cast through the streaked kitchen window

Cabinet doors rest open

on squeaky hinges no one can hear

(Revealing the emptiness now felt in my heart)

 

In patterns of stale Saltines and moldy breakfast bars

coffee, once hot, now cooled and solid sleeps behind hard water stains

cantaloupe rinds, bell pepper caps, ketchup chips and buttered bread

form a mosaic of a kitchen once alive, now found a relic

of avocado appliances and rusted handles

(Lost in time as are my eyes)

 

Kikkoman and red wine evaporate

The Bakelite General Electric clock on the wall longs for batteries,

double “A” now hiding in the corner

afraid of what the time may reveal,

only wanting it to stop…completely

As I come to the conclusion

I shall never hear from you again

(And I have lost my appetite)

 

For life

Author's Note

Thank you for reading

Reviews

[Robbie~xoxo~]

awww This is so sad, Jack... :(

The kitchen you describe could be mine on a bad day (but we won't talk about that) lol
Hopefully the mess will be easier for you to clean up... and move on...
How about I make you Brunch, my dear friend? :)

Well penned!

[Jack...]

Thanks so much my friend. Happy you stopped by, if I had known you were coming over I would have tidied up a bit.

[Robbie~xoxo~]

Hey, no need... I'll only mess your kitchen up again. LOL ;D

[Marie]

Well now I've certainly lost my appetite. what a dreadful picture of a kitchen you paint.

[Jack...]

Yeah, the maid was off that week. Thanks so much marie.

[Frieda P]

This is so cool Jack, sounds like you have a mess in your kitchen and you're going to be losing some serious weight before you get this mess cleaned up.

'of avocado appliances and rusted handles'

That's your problem right there, those avocado appliances! Quirky & original, love it.

[Jack...]

You should see it after I finished throwing dishes. Thanks so much my sweet friend.