
When the doormat lost its way
And in the middle of the floor it lay,
I was sure it had crossed it’s threshold,
Was it trying to enter my kitchen to gain a foothold?
Unhappy with the doormat,. I began to set my foot to find out the cause of the crime, For in the absence of the doormat in place, my floor was messed with grime.
So, I set foot in the kitchen…
I questioned the refrigerator, it was cold in response and it trembled..
I questioned the oven, it was hot, and it turned red, beeped & grumbled,
I looked at the mixer, it was unused and it simply slumbered,
I was at my wits end, to find out, how the doormat fumbled..
I saw the kitchen floor, smeared with flour,
A drizzle of butter, and some sugar to add to the score,
A bottle of oil, and some vanilla extract,
Were some of the ingredients that were ransacked..
The doormat was roped in to cover up the mess,
To clean up the spill, without spiking mama’s stress,
The operation ‘bake a pie and cake’, was in progress,
For a surprise birthday wish, they wanted to express !!
Wonderfully worded! Whose birthday, Deepika, and when?
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Thank you Narendra. It was on the spur of the moment that I worded this, when I looked at my kitchen, and I was not allowed to enter as they were baking me a surprise cake for my b’day yesterday 😃
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Ha ha ha… Please accept my belated birthday wishes, Deepika, and do wish me back – because 14th April is mine too! 😄
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Oh wow. Great. Thank you and here comes the belated birthday wishes. You are one of the few who has experienced a lockdown birthday 😃
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Thank you very much! 🙂
It is a pleasant surprise and my pleasure to share my birthday with you – what would be the odds!
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Indeed, a surprise..I already have two more friends sharing my birthday, now I’ve got one more friend sharing it with me. More the merrier 😇😇
Welcome aboard 👍
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🙏🏻🙂
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Yes, a lockdown birthday! I’ve got my parents over at my place so that I can keep an eye on them in these troubled times; so we had a good time at home – much better than going out!
Hope all is well at your end. Take care. Stay safe. 🙂
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Yes, all well. Glad you are doing good and are with family 👍
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Aww….this is absolutely so well written Deepika 💕
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Thanks a lot Radhika 💕
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Oh! such a lovely poem, Deepika and the poor doormat has to be washing all our dirty things that we keep on messing around on the floor. Lovely poem. Too good.
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Oh yeah, my kitchen doormat is privy to all spills which need to go unnoticed by me 😜
Thanks a lot Kamal 🙏
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Welcome always Deepika and loved your poetic words. Stay safe dear.
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🙏😇
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😊😊😊😊
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Belated birthday wishes, Ma’am. Nicely written poem. 🙂
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Thank you Aishwarya 🙏
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Aww.. how I aboslutely adored this poem. Happy birthday mama and I am sure the surprise was totally worth the cleaning thereafter. 😉
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Yeah Pallavi, like my cousin told me, your kids are so considerate, they planned a workout for you too,😜
It was totally worth it and made me feel special..
Thanks a lot 😇
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Nice blog
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Thanks saania 💞
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My pleasure, followed you 😊
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Thank you !! It’s a pleasure to read your posts.
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Ohh that was sweet of them!
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Really touched by their love. Thanks Shweta 😇💞
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