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What would Freud think

by Patricia J Reed

Steamy shower secrets
Where I hide from the world
To soak in
My imperfections
And dirty dislikes
Water falls from heights
I dare not reach
Plays with my toes
And elopes with my confidence
As they run away
Holding hands
Down the darkening drain
Like an eye
To the center of my soul
Black
And going nowhere that I can see

08/20/2003

Posted on 08/21/2003
Copyright © 2024 Patricia J Reed

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 08/24/03 at 02:14 AM

Freudian look at taking a shower. Hmmm title, "What Can Wash Away My Sins?" or "Down the Drain with Dirty Little Secrets" or "Scrub'a-dub dub, Once in a Tub" or "Freud Takes a Shower". LOL! Well at least it's a start!

Posted by David Neubauer on 08/24/03 at 03:43 PM

Another amusing journey into a normally mundane task. Very well done. "Cleanse" as a title? or something along those lines...

Posted by Ashok Sharda on 08/19/06 at 02:30 PM

Well, Going by Freudian concept the center of any human drive has to manifest in pleasure, the basic human instinct.The truth is that Nature doesn't believe in good or bad.But then its Nature which survives in us and not US. Full marks to you.

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