Spreading newspaper on the table and getting out her cleaning supplies the woman started working on scrubbing and cleaning her purchase.
Looking at it now she figured she must have gone into another fog and seen again what really was not there. For it looked like it was part of an old ship or something nautical, barnacles, old rock and the sediments of the ages covering it, But still this old piece of scrap junk was calling her, asking her to take a peak inside.
As she was cleaning her mind started to ponder and wonder as it always did. She wished that she could just do a little cleaning on herself and take away the layers that she felt were smothering her lately. She was hoping that maybe concentrating on cleaning up this old thing would take away some of the tension she was feeling inside. She has been trying so hard to occupy and focus her mind on other things but this time it just did not seem to be working. Maybe some hard work and scrubbing would do the trick.She laughed out loud for that was sure what this old piece needed lots of work! Funny, she felt that way about herself sometimes.
Taking a cloth dipped in the cleaning solution and a small old chisel she started wiping and scraping some of the age away. Wiping away time, she thought to herself, that would be good . If I could just wipe away the times when I don't feel like myself or the bad times, the hard time, the times when she was not enjoying life as she so loved to do.
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