The washing monster and friends

By Stephanie Sideways

The washing monster
How it grows
It's fed well
On our dirty clothes

Relentlessly
We do attack
But by the next day
It's grown back

He has a friend
That's equally vile
It calls itself
The ironing pile

The ironing pile
I don't even start
I bury its parts
Once I've torn it apart

And then as my body
Is hungry for clothes
Might give an iron lick
If it needs, I suppose

The washing up witch
Gets a boiling from hell
She's hard to ignore
So she doesn't last well

The dust and dirt devil
He spreads his self thin
Barely there, if I squint
So I can live with him
( for a while)

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Copyright 2013 Stephanie Sideways
Published on Friday, January 25, 2013.     Filed under: "Comedy" and "Poetry"

Author's Note:

Hope it brings a smile! X
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  • A former member wrote: ~looks at his own mounting pile of laundry & shakes head~.....I know, I know, I keep putting it off. Fun little work, Ms. Sideways, sometimes we deserve a break of from the suffocating darkness & slithering horrors offered on this site. Certainly brought a well-timed smile...thanks :)

  • Stephanie Sideways On Friday, January 25, 2013, Stephanie Sideways (276)By person wrote:

    Glad to make you smile. ! And thanks :-)

  • A former member wrote: Haha, was very fun to read.

  • Stephanie Sideways On Friday, January 25, 2013, Stephanie Sideways (276)By person wrote:

    :-) glad you liked it Beautiful

  • Stephanie Sideways On Friday, January 25, 2013, Stephanie Sideways (276)By person wrote:

    Yes , that's why I don't iron unless REALLY necessary! Life's too short. Thanks Dwells :-)

  • dwells On Friday, January 25, 2013, dwells (4288)By person wrote:

    Recommend only permanent press or drip dry perhaps. This made me glad to be a man (I used to do my own laundry in the Air Force), cheers Stephy, thanks!

  • Stephanie Sideways On Friday, January 25, 2013, Stephanie Sideways (276)By person wrote:

    Yes , that's why I don't iron unless REALLY necessary! Life's too short. Thanks Dwells :-)

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