Monday, May 19, 2008

mess is..

..to start one thing, go on with another and never manage to finish a third..
..throwing clothes and papers all over the place
and not minding the cigarette-butts in the ashtray...
not managing to read a whole chapter of that stupid book
and leave sentences unfinished
and constantly checking your email, your facebook page, your mobile
and setting your alarm at least eight hours before you start thinking of going to bed..
and keep on saying the same things over and over again in front of the mirror
or maybe not..
not remembering the telephone number of your family
and forgetting the birthday of the dear friend..

mess is when your routine is broken
only for very little
and then restored as if it was never broken but you know that it was..
and even though you can go back to it, you simply cannot find the strength to do it
and you find yourself in a mess..
what's problematic though is that the mess at the first place
was not yours..it was someone else's..
but at the end of the day that's what mess is..
contagious..if you go close to people who are in a mess, most probably you will end up carrying one of your own

3 comments:

Mia Wallace said...

Ma cherie, as I am delving into the mysteries of nation and national identity (!) I came across this post embedded in a blog called Imgained Community! It is not you is it? :) Filakia Polla!!

http://imaginedcommunity.blogspot.com/2007/04/ethnie-and-modern-nations.html

Mia Wallace said...

I meant "Imagined Community"

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