A Pome a Day for a Year

Laundry day! Shout it from the tiptoes
as you dance in the road,
holding baskets of clothes and buckets
of smiles, with that clean smell of alpine
tree and mountain, all contained
in a pair of knickers!

Laundry day! When all the sins of outside
are washed away in rivers of suds
and those Zone B clothes have a small
but variable chance, to become Zone A
if the smell and the feel
match your desire for cleanliness.

Laundry day! When those comfortable
and most beloved of jumpers and
tracksuit bottoms have tumbled
through the whirlpool of detergent
and water, and come out the other side
awaiting your lounging and love.