A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 99

Day 99: “Accidents Happen”

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I had an accident

And I didn’t freak out

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I lost my grip on my water bottle

Saw it in slo-mo falling

Froze

Water still pouring out of the Brita

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My brain snapped to

I shut the water off

Picked up my bottle from where I caught it between my knees

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Took a moment

Examined the fallout

Water

Everywhere

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I stepped away

Took a breath

Quickly brainstormed my next move

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Could use paper towels

A big towel

Two kitchen towels

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Kitchen towels it is

Ones I don’t care about touching the floor

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I started inside the fridge

Then wiped the outside

The door to the freezer

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Then the wall

And baseboards

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Ending with the floor

Wiping it up

Reminding me how much we need to vacuum

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Through it all

I stayed calm

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Because freaking out wouldn’t have changed the mess on my hands

And hey, it was kind of funny

And it could have been worse

And at least it was water, you know