(The challenge was to write a piece beginning with the opening line of Dodie Snith's "I Capture The Castle", namely "I write this sitting in the kitchen sink")
I write this sitting in the kitchen sink
A place to marinade the brain and think.
To cleanse and rinse the green stuffs and the grey
And send all gritty nonsense on its way.
Beside me lies the draining board of thought
Where dripping plates and notions newly sought
Assume their former or a brand new sheen
Or are they just pretending to be clean?
I rise with care and step down to the floor
Where brush and pan have swept up peel and core
The shining tiles have nothing left to say,
As bare of meaning as a wasted day.
Great thoughts depart and brainwaves all retreat
Perhaps I should resume my former seat.
© John Welford
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