Dirty Laundry

People who lose partners to death are better off than those who lose them to relationship breakdown.

Dirty Laundry

My life has been a domestic cycle,

Spotless brand new clothes,

pristine levis and ‘T’ shirts

with sharp fast colours,

unpacked from carrier bags

now long discarded.

Wear them wash them,

wear them wash them

until the day you realise

they are no longer fit

for purpose, and unless you

buy new ones everyone will

look at you and wonder

why you stuck with them

when you have your own home

and a decent car on the drive.

So you go and fill another carrier bag

and the cycle begins again;

for me too many times.

And the old clothes?

Stuffed in a drawer of memories

to wear in the garden

or when doing dirty jobs.

I wish I could burn them

but I can’t.

 

07/11/14

Author's Note

Reviews

[Lyn Anderson]

Luckily for me all my bad memory clothes were too big. I got rid of every last one of them. Honestly, you will feel liberated if you rid yourself of them,

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Well two of mine want to get back into my wardrobe and another has friended me on Facebook lol!
read moreWell two of mine want to get back into my wardrobe and another has friended me on Facebook lol!
Thanks 'M' glad you got rid of yours.

[Lyn Anderson]

I see. Well good luck with that, my friend. Be careful.

[Pryde Foltz]

I get this one all too well. Oh hun … burn them; burn them. I had a shirt I held onto for far too long … when I finally set them to light … I got back part of myself. Seriously … those things hang around like a bad smell.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Pryde I have been looking for the petrol but just can't remember where I hid it lol!

[Pryde Foltz]

Scissors and a skip work just as well:)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, i can't throw them away either...just like the memories....

they are all part of the outfit that is forever ours to wear.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

You get it Jacob; many thanks.