Darks, Whites, and … Pinks – v2

A routine task made different

with three little girls in the house
For a man who learned
laundry “skills” in college,
long before boys took Home Ec.

Back then we were lucky

when the laundry room was empty

when there was more
than a single load
(that didn’t cause the washer to tilt)

Now with a four, five, and nine year old

(or so they were then),
a cluster of little princesses,
It is darks, whites, and pinks
when I sort their clothes

Separate baskets, separate settings,
for pink clothes,

for “dry clean only”–
Capris, and “blouses”, and skorts,
Oh My!

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edited January 12, 2019

Darks, Whites, and Pinks – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/01/darks-whites-and-pinks-v3.html
edited June 15, 2014

Darks, Whites, and Pinks – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/darks-whites-and-pinks-v2.html

Father’s Day

4/20/06 3:00pm

Darks, Whites, and Pinks

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/04/darks-whites-and-pinks.html

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