Deplorable

 

Have you ever seen photos of abandoned houses? They are an image of a lifestyle frozen in time.

Some may have a history of the people who lived there. There may be a reason why they left. There could have been a death in the family or couldn’t afford the rent and had the furniture moved to the sidewalk. There could have been a pandemic or maybe it was time to move on and instead of going through the sales process, left the remains for another generation to explore. It could have been left to squatters and after looting it bare, left to rot.

Walking through the house last night, stepping over vacuum cleaners and around out-of-place tables with dust bunnies the size of tumble weeds, it does not look like “House & Garden” visions. Spending most of my time outside I walk past the hanging spider webs and the roach filled sink with dirty dishes or the bathroom that looks like something from one of those gas stations along the road that you don’t want to use the restroom without rubber gloves and wonder?

I’ve never been fastidious about cleanliness, but this is getting ridiculous. I could hire one of those immigrant teams but I think they will look around and run off screaming. I have all the tools and appliances that are required for scrubbing and washing and sucking up dirt, but they sit waiting for a push.

This deplorable condition is deserving strong condemnation, but there is no one else here to object to the dirt and dust.

Disgraceful, shameful, dishonorable, disreputable, discreditable, unworthy, shabby, inexcusable, unpardonable, unforgivable, reprehensible, despicable, abominable, base, sordid, vile, hateful, contemptible, loathsome, offensive, execrable, heinous, odious, revolting, unspeakable, beyond contempt, beyond the pale, egregious, flagitious, lamentable, regrettable, grievous, unfortunate, wretched, dire, atrocious, abysmal, very bad, awful, terrible, dreadful, diabolical, miserable, pitiable, pathetic, sorry, unhappy, sad, woeful, substandard, poor, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory, unacceptable, appalling, rotten, crummy, lousy, godawful. chronic, frightful and they all describe my living conditions.

I rarely am welcomed into another’s abode to check out their living arrangements, but I wonder in my own neighborhood with the manicured lawns and sparkling autos, what goes on behind the closed curtains?