Reflections on a
Laundry Basket
What a dull life the laundry basket leads,
spending its time between the utility
room and the table by the whirligig.
It cannot double up as a makeshift bucket
(too many holes); its aesthetic appeal
is highly doubtful (no one ever painted
‘Still life with laundry basket, pants, and socks’);
it never gets a holiday. I feel
quite sorry for this worthy object,
this cornerstone of hously order,
whose work is never finished, like this poe
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