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| I love standing in the sunshine feeling the breeze, Smelling the freshness of clean clothes hanging on the line. It brings back memories of laughter and running My arms waving in the winds Like the clothes on the line. Little toes grabbing the ground Like the clothespins pinching my socks. Grandmother washed clothes in the yard Using a tub and washboard. She wore an apron that slipped over her head Over her chest. It tied in the back holding her together Like the basket holding our clothes. Her short black hair was held back With bobby pins yet tendrils fell Over her face of crinkley brown leaves And would flutter around her eyes Like the arms of my long-sleeved shirts When they flapped in the wind. Her smile was like the sunshine and she loved me. |
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