Sunday

sunday...day of whites and colors...
fetch the straw basket out and sort.

regular load? high water setting, yes.
snap, twist, whoosh, clunk, swish.

blinking timer light says, 'go ahead'..
tic, tic, tic, in my mind's background.

spin thunders in the basement below.
final clunk. wash done. dryer gapes.

my steaming vapors vent outside.
do neighbors smell my cleanliness?

it is a liturgy of fabric resurrection.
it is a celebration of man's machines.

sunday...day of whiter whites.
sunday...day of brighter colors.

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