Odds and Sods

Liam Kerry returns with another well-written Sweet Nothing... Love the imagery and exquisite use of metaphors...

I open the kitchen drawer—the one with the batteries rolling loose amongst paper clips and blu-tack.

I see you in there.

Myself, the lonely paperclip, changes shape slightly with every knock, searching for something soft to cushion the blows. I bounce around the drawer, damaged, until I find you.

Your sticky blue embrace receives my impression and refuses to let go. You hold me together. You hold us together.

A battery rolls past. Inside, it is drained. That could have been me.

I close the drawer and find you in the next room. We intertwine—two unified stray objects.