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simon
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since 2008-01-14

Posts 440
London, England

0 posted 2008-04-02 10:02 AM

Anyway, it was a glorius new day
and he was well on his way.
Busying himself with a cheerful whistle
he was on time and
if anything got him back into his boss's good books
then this'll.

Decision making, mentally coin tossing
right the way down to the pedesdtrian crossing
but as he hit the button and was waiting for it to be lit
he started to have some thoughts that were troubling him a little bit.

'Had he locked the door?'
He couldn't remember
(If there were some kind of a society for those with a bad memory, he'd probably be an honourry member.)
Had he unplugged the kettle?
What about the toaster?
He was probably just being a little bit paranoid.
Unfortunatly if you find yourself to be a little bit that way inclined
these things are hard to avoid.

But now,
in his mind's eye, he could see some 'no good' burglaring man stopping by, trashing and ransacking, stashing and stacking all of his stuff into the back of his van. Whilst a fire tore through his walls, turning his house into a big pile of ash, there was no time to pause, he had to go back! So he turned around and ran.

TBC

gilead
Senior Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 1067
nevada, USA

1 posted 2008-04-02 11:58 AM

Hello, Simon. This makes me think of Samuel Beckett's "Murphy" that I read in the early 60s. It really captures a mindset and behavior that happens to so many every day. I've been there a time or two.

Art

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

2 posted 2008-04-02 04:54 PM

Enjoyed...wasn't that long ago that someone tried to break into my house...so I was not too happy to come home perhaps a few weeks later and discover that I had closed the curtain and left my lanai door opened and unlocked...I know I've done that at least twice...thats what happens sometimes when you're in a rush to leave...James

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

3 posted 2008-04-02 05:13 PM

Simon, oh gosh! This is very good!
I think this attitude is very much diffused. I am happy to not be a victim of this kind of phobia, but this does not stop me from doing or not doing things absent-mindedly.
Recently I came home late from work and found my husband's keys in the lock OUTSIDE the door!! I entered suspiciously and called him. He answered calmly and smiled. OK, no thieves around (we have had them once ...) I asked him if he had been out in the late afternoon ... no, he said, he had come back at noon!! So those keys hung out there for about nine hours!!! He could hardly believe that this had happened to him.
Love and smiles.
Margherita

LindsayP
Member Elite

since 2007-07-28

Posts 3410
Australia, Victoria

4 posted 2008-04-02 08:28 PM

That is a very worrying paranoia to have

Simon but so many people do have it

Well written.

Lindsay

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
Member Ascendant

since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

5 posted 2008-04-03 02:37 AM

enjoyed your thoughts here Simon.... one afternoon I returned to my house and my two beautiful puppies greeted me on the inside! My husband had forgotten to close the back door and so my puppies had the run of the house for a full 8hrs!! thank goodness all was safe! love RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

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