Spiller
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I am a spiller
a little clumsy
I don’t fill glasses to the rim
I pour cream into my coffee
with my mug in the sink
I wipe the bottoms of cups
bowls
plates
before I put them down
just to be sure
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I try not to carry
a glass of water
from one room to the next
I place dishes
in the sink
so running water
doesn’t reflect up
I keep a towel handy
for drying splashes
around the bathroom sink
after I wash my face
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I miss you
There is lots of truth to this piece – I can’t wash my face & hands without splashing the counter, sometimes the floor, around the bathroom sink. I’ve tried to be careful but … well … it’s no use. I’d need some sort of splash guard around the sink, but a mop up towel is less cumbersome. The same holds true for washing dishes – splish splash time to wash the floor as well as thew dishes.
I’ve yet to find a Brita filter carafe that doesn’t drip. I’ve stopped ordering tea in restaurants because no one has engineered a teapot that doesn’t dribble, so that puddle on the table isn’t my fault, really. Don’t get me started on trying to fill my coffee maker or a travel mug.
More than once I’ve accidentally knocked over a glass of water, dropped a slippery bottle of ketchup, dribbled coffee all over myself from a takeout cup with a loose lid – warning contents may be wet – Oops there goes the cream filling in my donut all over my jacket. Some foods are not meant to be eaten walking down the street, at least not eaten by me.
Clumsy is another way of saying being so preoccupied you aren’t careful with what you are doing. So, what I like most about this piece, is that last line, which I hope rewrites everything you’ve just read. How steady are your hands?
an older piece about clumsy me:
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