Thursday, August 23, 2007

An Ode to the Washing Machine

While I was in East Africa hand washing clothes for 6 months I realized how much I love my washing machine back home. I decided to write a poem to express this new-found affection for my automatic clothes washer:

Washing machine, Oh washing machine,

Such a glorious creation has never been seen!

If you've been to Africa, you know what I mean,

Put dirty clothes in, they come out clean!


.... uh....

... uh...

...hmmm. I can't figure out a way to make "I love putting in soap and pushing start so much better than beating my clothes against a rock in a germ-infested river" rhyme. Sigh. I have never been able to write poetry.

Oh well, I guess I will just have to go back to the old standby - if I can't write a poem to express my love, I guess the least I could do would be to make a card:


Yup, that's how I feel.

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