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"Dirty Laundry"
by Jeph Johnson
stained shirts
sullied sheets
soiled shorts & socks
sorted & separated
story by story
article by article
producing sometimes
a slaving situation
lugged & labored
to the laundromat
throwing three quarters
in the slot
while water pours
& detergent suds
reel 'round & 'round
producing sometimes
a sanitary situation
crammed my clothes
strangle each other
wrestling while waiting
for the buzz
afterwards fragrance
smells of mildewed musty mold
for linens never dry
in the icy winds
of forgotten sin
