underwearpoem #1
some people hold things against their
parents
all their lives mine probably will too my godkids
blame their
mother that she made them wear
their underpants a second day inside out
well
I remember my grandma doing a huge washing
at the big house
every
monday took all day tubs
and scrub boards all the
overalls for the help all
the white aprons for the barn and milk
house
to say nothing of their
personal clothing and
my mother every monday in
the cellar of the
little house toiling over the maytag
running
clothes through the wringer using starch and
bluing a big
wash for our family of six on rainy
days clothes were strung all over
the downstairs
slapped you in the face if you weren't
careful
we all felt clammy I don't recall whether I had
to wear
my underpants twice or not but it was the
depression we were lucky to
have underpants at all
© Jacqueline Jackson 2008
