NaPM 3 April 2022

[Quixilated]

I like to see what lies
behind closed doors
and inside drawers
or what hidden prize
a bathroom cabinet 
secretly has in it.
It’s mostly idle curiosity,
the ‘writer’ welling up in me,
to see with my own eyes
what truths may hide 
behind different personalities. 

At least that’s what I tell myself …

My ma was a Taylor for years and she hoped someday she might find some money or something interesting in a pocket. All she found was the occasional snot filled tissue. Moral of the Story is
People have nothing going on.

Next time you donate some clothes
Leave some notes in pockets.
Might make a Taylor’s day
Or ruin it
Depending what you put.

It’s fun either way.

Yes, I think you are correct that most people don’t have story-worthy secrets hiding in their pockets (or cupboards).  However, there is something lovely in the little human quirks, habits, and hobbies that vary from one person to another.  I love finding shopping lists left behind in a grocery cart, hand written notes or pressed flowers squirreled away in an old book, origami made out of gum wrappers by idle hands—it’s all evidence of lives being lived.  I’ll have to remember to leave something mysterious or fun in the pockets of the next pair of jeans I donate.  Perhaps the moral of the story is: if you can’t find a mystery, then become the mystery.