Friday, November 25, 2005

A Thankless Job Comments

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The laundry piles in mountains.
It covers the whole floor.
Just when I think I've done it all...
OOPS! Here comes some more!
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Mary Nagy
mom
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Scarlett Treat 01 February 2006

As soon as I stopped laughing, I sent this to myself and an e-card to my daughter, whom I dubbed the Laundry Lady. She never seems to catch up, and, as you said, just when she thinks she's caught up, BAM! there it comes again. It is sorta' like living at the bottom of a laundry chute! ! ! Right on target, as usual. Linda

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Sylvia McMillan Edmonds 13 December 2005

Hail to the one who speaks the truth...

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Uriah Hamilton 02 December 2005

Good luck, Mary, I live alone and never get a handle on it.

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Lori Boulard 28 November 2005

I hear you on this one. My husband and I actually folded laundry on our 'date' watching a year-old movie on video!

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Donna Nimmo 26 November 2005

A great poem for a seemingly thankless job. I really like it.

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Keiah Delu 26 November 2005

This was creative, Mary, I feel your yearning when it comes to housework. You painted a realistic picture, it was well-written with details.

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Ernestine Northover 26 November 2005

I bet you feel all 'washed up' Mary, never mind don't think you're alone with this one, we all have to do it. What we need is cheap disposable clothes. Love Ernestine. Nice poem it's my kind.

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Declan McHenry 25 November 2005

That last verse is a gem Mary. Excellent stuff. It's great you can build something touching out of such a chore!

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