4. I Love ...clotheslines

That's no secret.

My love of clotheslines

is well documented

in the four books 

that I have created.

I love

what they represent:

family,

home, 

simplicity.

Days when we took 

time

to let 

nature

orchestrate a bit of our day,

our life.

Soft breeze.

Sunshine.

The fragrance

of freshly washed bedding
when you climb
between the sheets.

I love 

driving around the countryside

and spying a line
that tells a story.

I love 

that some areas

still have wash day on Monday.

You only know that because of

clotheslines.

Dryers tell nothing.

I love the 

act

of hanging out the wash.

Co-ordinating it.

I have loved
watching
my line change over the years.
Growing.
Growing.
Growing.
In number and size.

Diminished now.
But every so often,
once again,
a little pair of sleepers.