In a flash I recall all the
misplaced objects of my life:
the ten lambent marbles
forgotten under the dry leaves
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A beautiful poem that exclaims the preciousness of what we leave behind or rather the unforgiving memories of what we leave behind. We remember those the most that we have lost, isn't it? The final thought where the poet philosophizes without lapsing into melancholy-that we are all products perhaps, of an absent and absent-minded god? Gravity, irony all woven into this image-rich poem
The poet while trying to remember, search for misplaced things and objects, locate the dislocated stuff sin frustration says it that the world is itself a dislocated creation of the Almighty as He keeps recalling it all one by one. Glaciers are melting, Antarctica too is under danger.Uncle Podger's case is here and the uncle chiding the boys for the misplaced handkerchief and the watch which he as himself. Packing by Jerome K.Jerome may also be noted in here for a comparison.