/// With a pitcher of water she stands
by the young WomanWashingherHands.
Dog and maid have both seen
why those hands aren’t clean,
so both do as their mistress commands.
/// Where those hands have been, that is unspoken,
but the puppy had just left a token
on its owner’s clean floor
and that foul clean-up chore
will persist ‘til the pup is housebroken.
/// Wouldn’t someone in silks, you may ask,
choose to delegate this filthy task?
Well, the maid cooks her foods
and displays surly moods
when she’s irked and been hitting the flask.
Solstice*1947
5 months ago
/// She just rinsed her hands; now she is through,
but to dry them off, what shall she do?
The maid’s apron as towel
will suffice though it’s foul
and feels stiff from some old dried up goo.
/// With a pitcher of water she stands
by the young Woman Washing her Hands.
Dog and maid have both seen
why those hands aren’t clean,
so both do as their mistress commands.
/// Where those hands have been, that is unspoken,
but the puppy had just left a token
on its owner’s clean floor
and that foul clean-up chore
will persist ‘til the pup is housebroken.
/// Wouldn’t someone in silks, you may ask,
choose to delegate this filthy task?
Well, the maid cooks her foods
and displays surly moods
when she’s irked and been hitting the flask.
/// She just rinsed her hands; now she is through,
but to dry them off, what shall she do?
The maid’s apron as towel
will suffice though it’s foul
and feels stiff from some old dried up goo.