Spilling Milk..... [oops! ; Refrigerator Accident; Personal] Poem by Bri Edwards

Spilling Milk..... [oops! ; Refrigerator Accident; Personal]

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I may have caused a great big mess.
If I knew for sure I did it, I would confess.
SOMEONE placed an open carton on its side.....
in refrigerator, and from the carton milk did slide.
I DO confess I put it on its side, but NOT so it would spill.
I wanted to blame my wife for THAT, but perhaps I need a memory pill....
to give me one of those memories of which I’ve heard ……
which allows a person to remember their life word-for-word.

I don’t like to run out of milk for my cereal or “hot” drink.
We have a full-sized refrigerator; it should be good for two, don’t you think?
TWO people that is, and, in this case, two half-gallons of milk as well.
But my wife has it crammed with stuff; the identity of some I cannot tell.
So when I’m running low on milk, I stop at the nearby grocery store.....
to buy more milk, and sometimes carrots, and bananas. Sometimes more.
I put the unopened carton of milk in “its spot” in the fridge door,
and I place almost-empty carton on its side (on other “stuff”) so it will not pour........
out.

I’ve done it before with no problem and heard no complaints.
[I guess I’m lucky to have a wife who puts on me (ha ha) few restraints.]
But a few days ago something in our kitchen went horribly wrong,
and I’ve been ordered to write a poem about it: “AND MAKE IT LONG! ”.
I guess it probably WAS my fault completely after all. Okay! I confess.
BUT, .... not trusting me with the job (I guess) , MY WIFE cleaned up the mess.

Sorry Sweetheart!

(October 15,2013)

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
it's all there in black and white. almost. mostly white! :)
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Danny Draper 21 October 2013

There's sense in writing after spilt milk after all. You were diplomatic and did well to avoid a row, perhaps it is now an appropriate time to invest in a dairy cow?

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Poetheart Morgan 13 November 2013

Hello teacher! ! ! ! Good in English but not so good in clean the mess? ? ? Oh! your wife was right. Yes, put you out of the kitchen, kakakakakaka

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Khairul Ahsan 07 November 2013

Enjoyed reading the poem, as also the comments.

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Ramesh Rai 29 October 2013

enjoyed your write. to blame our wife is a natural cause and finally to bow down is also a natural cause.so no matter if there be an achievement like creation of long poem. thnx for sharing. regards

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Valsa George 28 October 2013

I guess that you spend a great chunk of your time in the kitchen.... pondering over what to eat and drink....! ! Nothing more is needed other than your profile picture to designate you as a gourmand! You are not only lucky to have a wife who puts on you a few restraints and also who puts up with you......! ! ! (should I say...?) ....(Not serious) Thanks for your comments on my poem When Poetry Haunted me. Can't you spare a senile soul for minor lapses of spelling... you 'hawk eyed critic'? Enjoyed the mishap in 'white' that left your kitchen black and white! ! Ha! Ha!

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Kanav Justa 25 October 2013

Hahaha.... an advice.... do all the cool stuff that your lady doesnot Want you to do... in the end just write a long poem.. about it... and you will be safe..

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