Late Check-out
The camera battery left in its charger in a motel in St. Louis,
my batik sarong left gracing a hostel bed in Jakarta,
my only pair of shoes in Timor.
A pair of Levis in Singapore,
my diary in Tanjung Pinang,
my swimsuit in Sri Lanka.
I am lost all over the world,
and this is why, five minutes after
my sister has gone down to check out of the St. Paul hotel,
I am rechecking the beds and desk tops of our room.
My bag packed and zipped at the door,
my purse and computer case propped next to it,
I sift through soggy towels in the tub,
open the closet door once more
to rattle empty hangers,
check each plug socket on each wall.
“Check” is the Ragtag Daily Prompt today. This is a rewrite of a poem written three years ago.
I know what you mean. We do the same thing, and yet, we end up having something shipped to us. Last time, it was the phone charger, and we both thought the other had it. So, now we have to check each other, too.
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Why is is so reassuring when others share our defects? To my credit, on those early travels, it was theft at fault.
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whats with the bare toes behind the shoes??
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Ha.. Gordon noticed that as well. That’s what she forgot this time..the shoe for her third foot.
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Checking out the extra foot in picture? Checking in on the checking out!
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Yes. She’s perfect in every other way.. just that one extra foot. In this case it was the 3rd show she lost.
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So easy to leave things behind — especially with more than one person in the room!
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I’m not much of a traveler, but a must trip was to my daughter’s wedding in Kauai last year. I lost my favorite sun hat and flight pillow. The hat was tide to my other daughter’s shoulder bag and dislodged unnoticed. The pillow was left in a taxi and I tried so hard to get it back, but no one turned it in. Still wonder where they both ended up. 🙂
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It is an interesting though to wonder about the life of lost objects after they depart our clutch.
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That’s a Disney movie in the making. A beloved hat picked up by a stranger, then lost again and again. Then somehow finds its way to the original owner. Ha ha! 🙂
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I agree.
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My brother checked a hotel room once, looked directly at one of the suitcases, yet still managed to shut the door and leave it behind 😂
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Did he get it back?
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Oh yes he did thankfully 😅
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Judy, when my youngest son left a much loved teddy bear called Henry in a motel when he was eight years old we only discovered the loss three days later at home. The family were distraught as we’d stayed in several places that week. SIX months later we received a parcel containing Henry in and a note hoping the correct family had been identified!! We were overjoyed, very grateful and Henry was welcomed by our other animals with open arms. He still says thanks in his prayers every night! XX Anton.
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