Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk Family Room 7:50pm

I wouldn’t normally write about laundry lines

but the ones around here

are so endearing

in their neatness

I am compelled to compose

right on the computer

to line up

the biggest towels first

then the hand towels

then all the innumerable

face cloths

and on one line

a copper-coloured sheet set

with pillow cases

spiral-patterned