Kitchen Klutter

                                        William B Hoyt

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KITCHEN KLUTTER


This painting captures the mood I'm in.....
Finding glamour in the mundane.
A kitchen scene, but a candle lit
Against a window-pane.
The view outside is mysterious
In a chilly, wintry way.
 And why was THIS scene special?
Life happened and he said 'Stay!'
The kettle boils, the tea-towel lies
Casually where it fell.
Each egg lies waiting to be used,
Still in its pristine shell.
I wonder, was the scene arranged?
Or was it left to chance?
Was he alone when he painted it?
 What was the circumstance?
I'll never know and yet I find
Such pleasure in this view.
(The internet has introduced
So much I never knew!)
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DREAM? NON!

'Dream on! For dreams are sweet'.....for those who dream.

And nightmares wake some folk to sob and scream.

But there are some, and I am one of those,

Whose nights are blank, just nothing-filled repose.

Think of black velvet, that is night for me,

Except I cannot feel or think or see.

I close my eyes, then open them. Night's gone!

And I have nothing to look back upon.

I have dreamed once or twice, that I admit.

I didn't like my dreams one little bit.

One left me with an awful sense of loss;

The other left me inexplicably cross!

Not only that but all the ensuing day

Was coloured by the dreaming, in a way.

The strange emotions seemed to hang around

Unsettling me, causing my heart to pound.

I'm  happy that I 'never' dream, although

It means I miss good stories; that I know,

Judging by the dreams some friends repeat!

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I sleep on! For black velvet nights are sweet

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