Sorting Laundry

Folding clothes,
I think of folding you
into my life.

Our king-sized sheets
like tablecloths
for the banquets of giants,

pillowcases, despite so many
washings, seams still
holding our dreams.

Towels patterned orange and green,
flowered pink and lavender,
gaudy, bought on sale,

reserved, we said, for the beach
refusing, even after years,
to bleach into respectability.

So many shirts and skirts and pants
recycling week after week, head over heels
recapitulating themselves.

All those wrinkles
to be smoothed, or else
ignored; they're in style.

Myriad uncoupled socks
which went to paired into the foam
like those creatures in the ark.

And what's shrunk
is tough to discard
even for Goodwill.

In pockets, surprises:
forgotten matches,
lost screws clinking on enamel;

paper clips, whatever they held
between shiny jaws, now
dissolved or clogging the drain;

well-washed dollars, legal tender
for all the debts public and private,
intact despite agitation;

and, gleaming in the maelstrom,
one bright dime,
broken necklace of good gold

you brought for Kuwait,
the strangely tailored shirt
left by a former lover. . . .

If you were to leave me,
if I were to fold
only my clothes,

the convexes and concaves
of my blouses, panties, stocking , bras
turned upon themselves,

a mountain of unsorted wash
could not fill
the empty side of the bed.

-Elisavietta Ritchie (b. 1932)


Laundry Help by ~SlayerWolf on deviantART

SlayerWolf. “Laundry Help.” 25 May 2007. Picture. DeviantART. 15 April 2009. http://slayerwolf.deviantart.com/art/Laundry-Help-56112412

Favorite Holiday

Blazing chunk of blocks in a basin
Crimson and bleached sweetmeat sticks
Sparkly coated timber
Glimmering glitter gazing outside
Chartreuse covered confection careless comforts
Boxes in their evening wear
Wire studded stars
Illumination fills the room

christmas by ~keijukaiset on deviantART
keijukaiset. "christmas." 20 December 2006. Picture. DeviantART. 15 April 2009. http://keijukaiset.deviantart.com/art/christmas-45048300

Shiny, Shiny, Shiny light

Shiny, shiny, shiny light
How I think of you each night
High above the big blue marble
Like a blaze in the dead nightfall
Shiny, shiny, shiny light
How I think of you each night

shiny by ~latv1a on deviantART

~latv1a. "Shiny." 4 August 2008. Picture. DeviantART. 14 April 2009. http://latv1a.deviantart.com/art/shiny-93769799

Riddle Poem

Clang. Clang. Bang. Bang. Vroooom!!
I am a transporter of life
Delevery everything a human needs to survive
I purr like a tiger as I move along a concrete artery
I eat concrete and bugs for breakfast lunch and dinner
I am one astonishing beast
Im as bulky as a mountain
Yet can move faster than a cheetah
answer


To Question by =todo-el-mundo on deviantART

=todo-el-mundo. "To Question." 21 February 2008. Picture. DeviantART. 15 April 2009. http://todo-el-mundo.deviantart.com/art/To-Question-78043862

Need a Warning?

100% fuller PASSION Lifted to the skies! Low Life XXL


MIND-BENDING ROLE PLAY Sun-Kissed romance


Out of Round PINK more than skin deep


WARNING! IT BREATHS.


MAKING THE MOST OF EVERY THING TWISTED


thiS StUffS hOt so...? kiss me the young at heart new body!


xtreme guys hands-on ALWAYS FRESH ALWAYS JUICY


getting grilled kiss me, you fool! GeT fReSh BrEaTh.


Ladies and gentlemen HANDLE IT hottest [ Dirt defying ] Adventure


Magazine Clipping Brushes by ~AlenaJay on deviantART

AlenaJay. "Magazine Clipping Brushes." 9 October 2006. Picture. DeviantART. 27 April 2009. http://alenajay.deviantart.com/art/Magazine-Clipping-Brushes-41134738

Magenta Black

On most days you will find me a bright magenta.

Girly, pretty & caring

Loving, compassionate & alive

Full of energy, vibrant & wild

Carefree, standing out in a crowd

But every once in awhile I'm black as night.

Bad tempered, the trouble maker

Distant from the world

Mysterious, weary, annoyed

Rebellious, disappointed

Yet still sexy & sleek

Either way I'm usually showing my smiles!

1958 Bel Air by *focallength on deviantART

Focallength. "1958 Bel Air." 3 October 2007. Picture. DeviantART. 14 April 2009. http://focallength.deviantart.com/art/1958-Bel-Air-66447860

Acronym Poem

Smiley
Happy
Interesting
Lively
Youth
Nice
Naughty

A.mazing

Cute
Obsesive
Loving
Weird
Entertaining
Lost
Lighthearted