Doors
In through the outdoor and out through the in
So many doors to manage
I wake
I rise
I open the bedroom door
I enter the bathroom door and close
Completing my ablutions
I enter the bedroom once again
Opening the wardrobe
Picking a shirt, socks, trousers and pants
Dressed I go downstairs
Opening the kitchen door
I pass across its threshold
I drink
I eat
Back into the hall
I stroke the dog
Kiss my wife
I wrap a coat around me
Opening the outdoor I pass into the world
Leaving all behind me
I walk in strident steps
Passing through automatic in doors at the station
On to the platform
I press the button
And the train doors open
I am sucked in on a draught of warm air through the out doors
I reach my destination and am expelled
Pushed along the platform
Out through the indoors on to the street
with the throng propelled to the place of work
Through automatic doors in through the outdoors
Into the lift
Fourth floor through the doors
One two three and four
No sooner at my desk
A smile of colleagues a cheery
Hello how was yours, yes
Lunch the phones ringing
Tip tapping keyboards
The hours have passed
And it is time to go
in reverse
Back out through the in door
At a hundred miles an hour
Conversations snatched
And batched
Into contemplated
Neatly tucked away drawers
Reference later
With finger tipped accuracy
Back home now and fed
Out of the kitchen
Back upstairs
Undressed
Kissed the dog stroke the wife
Laying down in bed
Eyes flicker closed
Open quickly
Realise I have been no where
Except in my head
Must get up and out through the indoor
Not sure am I better outdoors
Or in doors instead
Martin Elder
Wed 7th Feb 2018 22:44
Thanks to David for liking and Nigel Stu and Hannah for commenting.
Why am I not surprised that you singled out that particular line Nigel.
Glad you appreciated the banality of our lives sometimes Stu. I am reminded of the Good life and the Richard Briers characters response to the humdrum. Comically anarchic !
I can understand where you are coming from being a place with so many fire doors Hannah. there is always the hope that they will lead somewhere new. But it is seldom the case.
Thanks everybody
Martin