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TPC Romance Week Post #8: The Watch I Lost

Pradita Kapahi / February 22, 2018

A gold encrusted watch I kept
Tied onto my left wrist.
A gift from me Pappy dear,
The thought of losing it
I couldn’t bear.

Then one fine summer’s night
While on a pot I sat,
I turned my wrist and its clasp
Flew open and plop it fell
Into the murky waters of toilet hell.

There stood I watching my golden watch
Lost to the waters of the loo, alas.
I knew fishing it out wouldn’t save it much,
So I said my goodbyes
And I pulled down the flush.

In response to the Daily Prompt Word: Encrusted

This is also in response to the TPC Romance Fortnight based on romance and love. This poem describes our love for our possessions.

Copyright © 2018 Pradita Kapahi.

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February 22, 2018 in Funny, Poetry. Tags: Clasp, Clock, daily prompt, Encrusted, Funny, Gold, humor, joke, Life, Loo, Memory, Time, Toilet, Toilet pot, Watch

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14 thoughts on “TPC Romance Week Post #8: The Watch I Lost”

Madhusudan says:

February 22, 2018 at 10:21 AM

khubsurat aur satya ko darshaataa kavita…………aksar apne beskimti yaa yon kahen jise ham jyaadaa pasand karte hain use khone kaa dar sadaiv bana rahta hai jise ham bade jatan se samhaal kar rakhte hain……magar wah aisi jagah khota hai jahan se use chhod waapas aanaa bhi mushkil hota hai…….aur ……waapas paanaa bhi thik es ghadi ki tarah……..jise aapne flush kar diya……magar bhul nahi sakte.

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- Pradita Kapahi says:
  
  February 22, 2018 at 12:43 PM
  
  Bilkul sahi farmaya apne Sir. Yeh ghardi mere Papa ka diya hua tohfa thi mujhe. College doosre shahar mein tha mera. Jaane se phele unhone mujhe lake di thi aur bahut tareefein mili thi mujhe us ghadi pe. Kya pata tha uska aur mera saath sirf chand saalon ka he hoga? Khoyi bhi toh kaise khoyi 😥 😀 Apka bahut shukriya, apne itni si cheez pe itni gahrai se gaur farmaya 🙂
  
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  - Madhusudan says:
    
    February 22, 2018 at 7:06 PM
    
    Swagat apka……Us pal ko samajhne ka prayas kiya jab kisi insaan ke saath aisa hota hai to kaisa mahsush krta hoga….Sukriya apka.
    
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    - Pradita Kapahi says:
      
      February 22, 2018 at 8:46 PM
      
      Ji shukriya aapka 🙏
      
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Sunith says:

February 22, 2018 at 11:25 PM

I couldn’t bear the strain as it went down the drain 🙂 how are you Pradita.

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- Pradita Kapahi says:
  
  February 23, 2018 at 8:10 AM
  
  I couldn’t either Sir. Thanks for empathising. I have been good. And how about you?
  
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  - Sunith says:
    
    February 23, 2018 at 9:55 AM
    
    I am good and back in Bahrain after a long stay in India.
    
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    - Pradita Kapahi says:
      
      February 23, 2018 at 10:12 AM
      
      Oh. Away from home again or back home now?
      
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      - Sunith says:
        
        February 23, 2018 at 10:16 AM
        
        away from home…
        
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        Pradita Kapahi says:
        
        February 23, 2018 at 12:06 PM
        
        Aw! You must miss your home and family, I’m sure.
        
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        Sunith says:
        
        February 23, 2018 at 12:18 PM
        
        Yes it is sad to be away from home …
        
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        Pradita Kapahi says:
        
        February 23, 2018 at 1:09 PM
        
        I hope you get to go home soon 🙂
        
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simonfalk28 says:

February 23, 2018 at 3:46 PM

Indeed it has passed. 🙂

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- Pradita Kapahi says:
  
  February 23, 2018 at 3:51 PM
  
  😊 yep Simon
  
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