It's The Edges

I took some inspiration for this from a piece by Ana Sophia titled OCD. Howard Hughes suffered from OCD. He would repeat a certain phrase over and over till it felt right.

He's been rattled like this before
Never to such an extent though
It's just not right, the edges don't line up

Damn those dog ears breaking off

He hates textiles, it's the edges

It's the edges
IT's the edges
iT's the edGes
the edges
It'S the eDges 

Have to be perfect
Crisp, clean, smooth
But the're not
The're wrinkled
Like paper, or cloth

iT's the EDges
It's the EDGES
it's THE eDGes
the edges
IT'S the EDGES

Can't get his face clean
Scrubs his cheeks till they bleed
Though it burns and stings
He keeps scrubbing 
Just not clean enough

Has to be perfect
To be perfect
Has to be perfect
To be perfect
Crisp, clean, smooth

But the paper won't lie flat
The edges are curled and wrinkled 
He even tried to iron the pages
To remove the binding
Damn dog ears

It's the edges
IT'S the edges
iT'S thE edgeS
the edges
It's THE EDgES 

Reviews

[Rene Salinas]

Well in this world there is a distinction to be made. When a fantastic! Case of a gentleman which has within him the ability to speak many, many languages was discovered and later shown on Dutch TV. He could not really describe how. Neither did the plethora of teachers trying to understand the ability. The closest he ever came to describe his feeling was that he "saw it" . That sounds a little troublesome for me. Defined. Bounded. Set and unfree yet look at the outcome so peculiar at times. When you are taken by something that forces the way you are - it doesn't seem so much like a concious gift rather than a imposition of fate.

Intriguing it is.

Thankyou

[realmwriter]

Thank you very much for your review. Bery astute observations. I appreciate it.

[Matching Socks]

Very nicely done rw.
The ladies at the grocery store always have a laugh with me. I organize my shopping cart to match the order of the way I want things bagged when I check out. They should thank me I think. :)
Makes it easier on them.

[realmwriter]

That sounds like a great idea. Can you give me some suggestions please? Thank you very much for the review, I'm pleased that you like it.

[Matching Socks]

You're welcome. :)

[R Smith]

a most interesting poem, i know from experience how OCD takes over, i did a lot of stuff when much younger, lining things up over and over again they had to be right or my world would fall apart, i used to repeat words until they lost all meaning, so your work struck a chord within my past, i still have the odd moment of lining things up but then i see through it and move on, somehow this thing was strong in me once but i'm better now although i don't know how i did get better it just changed, thanks for your work it was great :)

[realmwriter]

You are most welcome. Thank you for your time and review. I am happy that you were able to get past this as you grew. Some never will. I'm glad you liked this one and I thank you again.

[Bright Ocean Star]

This is a brilliant look at neurotic conditions. Great writing, Realmwriter. I enjoyed this one.

[realmwriter]

I am glad that you enjoyed it. It was inspired by a piece on here and by the part of Howard Hughes as played by Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator. Thank you very much.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

A piece that yields its message and we love it well done

[realmwriter]

Thank you very much my friend. I'm happy you enjoyed it.

[Riley Justine]

Love this! Completely flawless in my perspective! Props to you :)

[realmwriter]

Thank you very much. I'm glad that you like it.

[Lyn Anderson]

Excellent piece on obsession.

[realmwriter]

Thank you very much KL. Happy that you like it.

[MomzillaNC]

This one took us down the rabbit hole!

[realmwriter]

Well that's a good thing. I think. Thank you.

[MomzillaNC]

Yes, it's a good thing. The mind in the grips of OCD is very much a trip down the rabbit hole.
read moreYes, it's a good thing. The mind in the grips of OCD is very much a trip down the rabbit hole.

You're welcome.