and now, introducing me
when you look at this rumpled old thing
just what is it that you see?
I've spent an entire lifetime
trying to iron myself out
and I claim that I'm almost there
but the truth be told
I feel like I was left
for too long in the spin cycle
I try to tumble dry
the tears from my eyes
as I realize
that I still haven't managed
to warm up to myself
I emerge from each battle with me
dizzy and covered in dryer fuzz
although I have a big body
I mostly feel mighty small
I know people don't care for bulky me
the way they do for silky bits of finery
folks think it's perfectly acceptable
to snub those who look like me
they tell me I'm carrying too big a front load
and I have too much junk in my trunk
when I try to think about me neutrally
I know that I have a good quality or two
I'm an easygoing cuss
a wash and wear kind of gal
I'm definitely not one of your fine delicates
one of those dainty damsels
that dashing heroes like to pick up
like a lace hanky dropped on the floor
ladies whose unlined faces
appear to be permanent press
so long as you machine wash warm
and dry flat
but as these downy chicks
tumbled by life's tide
become wrinkled
they are folded up and put aside
it isn't that the fellows
won't take a tumble with me
it's just that they think of gals like me
as a pre-soak
a warm-up for the dainty delicates
that they drape from their muscular arms
to accessorize their designer suits
when they go out on the town
a pretty little accessory
that they can fluff and fold
and tuck away in a drawer
until they're ready to use her again
I decided to rinse my hands of men
who cycle through women's lives
with all the tenderness of a tropical storm
I don't want to be kept
hanging on the line
with clothespins or lies
waiting for the prairie wind to dry my tears
~cie~
Prompts
April PAD Challenge
Countdown Day 2: Write an "almost" poem.
Countdown Day 1: Write a warm-up poem.
PAD Challenge Day 1: Write an introduction poem
D'verse Poets
D'verse Words
fluff & fold
spin cycle
permanent press
wash & wear
cycle
dryer fuzz
machine wash warm
tumble dry
dry flat
presoak
wrinkled
front load
rinse
fine delicates
clothes pins
downy
tide
NaPoWriMo
Day 1: See the world in a new way
I did not expect to metaphorically be comparing myself to laundry, but here we are.
The Icky, Sticky, Nit-Picky Legalese If You Please (Or Don't Please)
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