The Lonely Sock
It has been alone, forgotten, and hanging on the clothesline for several weeks now. I suspect that it belongs to one of the three tenants who live nearby this ancient place where tenants hang their washing to dry.
I do notice that today with heavy rain falling, that one tenant, has forgotten to remove all his Friday washing from the other end of the line – which will have to endure the rain until it stops and the sun shines to dry all his garments that are hanging and dripping raindrops.
The Lone Sock
But it is the sock that fascinates me. I suspect I could identify the owner of the lone sock, but a couple of the tenants there don’t generally communicate with anyone else. I would have thought, though, that the man might have worked out that one of his socks was missing. Is he walking around wearing just one sock? Or because the weather has warmed up in recent weeks has he just wearing his thongs – common practice here in the summer seasons.
I have started to laugh and even speak to the sock as I pass by, and voice my disappointment that it remains deserted and unwanted.
I wonder how long it will remain? Will its owner ever “save” it?
UPDATE – It is January 20th and the lone sock is still on the line. Obviously someone is not missing it.
What do you think?
