Once I stole
Fruit from the bowl
Popped open fuchsia buds 
Hid pennies in the brass
Umbrella stand, its funnelled base
A perfect fit. But question if my hand 
Let slip
The sly-faced pansy jug.
Those spying eyes
All pulverized.
 - I'll smile and shrug.

42 thoughts on “Understood”

1. What a naughty child you were! I love this – it really captures the way children assign character and expresssion to inanimate objects. I remember some very menacing wallpaper.

   1. spot on Sarah – part pareidolia but the pansies have quite obvious faces and I was sure they not only spied but told tales on me

2. A delightful glimpse into your mischievous childhood Laura 🙂 I am sure that sense of fun has never left you!

   1. I try to keep that part active still!

3. Naughty! Hahaha, brings back some fun memories for me—it’s easier as a kid to get away with things especially like stealing the fruit or in my case cookies. 👀 Nicely written, I could see that this is only a glimpse at such mischief. Love it!

   1. strange how an umbrella stand we did not own brought out the imp!

4. reminds me of how much more mischiefoues i was compared to my own children

   1. oh no I’m sure I was more well-behaved than mine

5. Such a delightful regression, Laura. All of those special things from childhood that we carry with us forever. Sounds like you had good reason to silence the witnesses 🙂

   1. had a lot of fun with this challenge Lisa – took to quite unexpected places

      1. Glad you did and I enjoyed where it took you very much, Laura.

6. A fun confession from childhood. You really captured the essence in a few words.
   I still see faces in things. . . and once you see them, you can’t unsee them. 😀

   1. thank you Merril – children go through quite a paranoid phase and perhaps we never quite lose it!

7. Rascalacious!

   1. I want that printed on a T-shirt 🙂

8. Oh let’s just call you curious, investigative, spirited……..ok, maybe a bit naughty. 😉

   1. Mostly good and as you say a touch spirited!

9. I’d like to hear more about that sly pansy jug!

   1. I think it was wishful thinking – the pansies spied a long time

10. Oh, so clever!

    1. the 44 word restriction really focuses the lexicon!

11. You sound like you were a bit of a troublemaker when you were young Laura. We would have gotten along quite well… 😏

    1. maybe though I’ve used some poetic license!

12. A real Humpty Dumpty moment! You were a sly little one!

    1. I prefer subterfuge!

13. Such a fun quadrille! Brings back a few memories of antics of my own.

    1. surprised myself with what arose out from this prompt Mary

14. Love, love, love this! Possibly ‘cos I can relate? 😀

    1. thank you – my twin mischievous imp!

15. the details are tender but moved so well! thank you!

    1. nicely observed – many thanks

16. This is so much something that I would have done, Laura… I didn’t succeed at being sneaky very often, but I continuously tried…

    ❤
    David

    1. you had all the makings of a mensch then, David?!

17. So much fun! Reminded me my childhood.

    1. and I try to keep that fun still going

       1. very wise

18. I love how I can see your impish grin during these actions. Memorable quardille, Laura.

    1. 🙂

19. Haha… love this. I too used to pop the fuchsias! As for faces there was definitely one in my parent’s walnut wardrobe which totally frightened me.

    1. Hey Jude – nice to meet a fellow popper – I was too impatient to see what frill colours would emerge. Walnut trees are scary – at school there was one that hung over the wall from the old ladies garden next door that we assumed was a witch and I hesitated to eat the nuts especially as they look remarkably like brains 😉

20. I love the honest naughtiness in this. Delightful.

    1. thank you Ali

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