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Broken Things This Week
by Elaine Carey → (All Poetry by Elaine Carey)
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So numerous that they deserve an ode....

How annnoying.

These things ceased to function.

The washer, with a clatter,

refused to agitate.

(faithful 12 years)

Garbage disposal

wheezes an anemic buzz,

but no blades turn. 

(about 3 years old)

The blender's bent blades

Won't even wisk a banana.

Coffee maker knob fell off,

shooting sparks.

(2 years of service)

My car battery

died silently

painlessly

one day while I was

at work.  I never knew her

life was slipping away.

Didn't even play my

radio one last time.

And lastly, my

friend's marriage,

patched for years and

chugging away,

finally breathed its last.

Now, you can't

find a store

to replace that

quickly and cheaply.

 

 

 


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 Reviews of "Broken Things This Week"
Reviewed by Barbara Terry
Reviewed on September 10, 2005
I agree with Lisa Bess, that things can be replaced, but the human emotions that we have built a lifetime on, cannot. May the Lord Jesus bless you, and those whom you love, and be with you always, and at your side constantly. With much love in my heart, stubborn to a fault, joy to the world, peace on earth, & ((((((((((MANY WARM & WONDERFUL SISTERLY HUGGGGSSSS)))))))))), your still sad and terrified little sister, Barbie

"If I have to be this girl in me, Then I may as well be."

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on September 4, 2005
an excellent poem of perspective and prioroites ...

Reviewed by Richard Christopher Suarez (Reader)
Reviewed on August 29, 2005

truly Good write Bess!
peace',
Rich Criso suarez

Reviewed by john zimmerman
Reviewed on August 29, 2005
ah, the cursed animosity of inanimate objects which pales before the benigm indifference that sometimes characterizes troubled relationships

good write

j+

Reviewed by Lisa Hilbers
Reviewed on August 29, 2005
Our gadgets while we've come to depend on them, can surely be replaced, but your friend's marriage..well..it can't be bought, but it certainly bears a high price paid by all involved.
Sad but most assuredly well written.

Lisa


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