Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
Laundry Day - The Solemnity
of All Stains
The washing machine baptizes our
busy days:
A shirt freshly stained with
this morning’s coffee
Wrinkledy tees in grimy greens
and greys
A child’s blue jeans all
sticky with toffee
Dish towels we allowed to get
old-food smelly
A nice dress sock on which
the puppy peed
Blankies from the couch in
front of the telly
The terry-cloth that toweled
the shaving bleed
In the laundry room where all
these wreckages convene
There to be made all fresh
and bright and clean –
Let us give thanks for the
washing machine!
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