Sunday, February 1, 2026

The Laundry Shuffle

 

Within the washing machine is a tangle of sleeves, random buttons and various cuffs.  There are metal zippers scraping past frayed collars, and socks finally free to take a deep breath.

Sloshing to a melody of suds and filth, occasionally making deep dives, then coming up across the way, only to again disappear.  It is neither synchronized nor choreographed.  It is more a free-style jazz with the ting of a triangle at its conclusion, signifying the dance is over.

 

A tangle of sleeves
waves good-bye
wash in cold
then tumble dry
Place on hangers
in one straight row
then sneeze into
your clean elbow.

YUCK!



 

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