Painting by DiVoran Lites
Reblogged from Old Things R New by DiVoran Lites
Under the clothesline.
Light layer of snow on the ground
Mother bends down and reaches up
Bends down and reaches up
She tells me this is how the cord
Got wrapped around my neck
Before I was born
She teaches me how to hang clothes on the line
I like the pinching clothespins best
But we still have some old wooden ones
From which you can make dolls with round faces
We only have so many clothespins
Use only one to clip like things together
Shirts, Towels, jeans, dresses, sock,
A lone sock requires its own clothespin
Oh-oh, here’s dad’s boxer shorts
Upside down or by the waist?
When it’s time to take them in
Everything has frozen
The boxers stand on the table
It’s the perfect time to start ironing
But day is done and shadows fall
Source: Hanging Out the Clothes