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The Clothesline She glanced out the kitchen window And saw her clothesline Faded orange baling twine in short lengths Knotted together Clothespins – weathered gray wooden ones And faded blue plastic Riding in the breeze It must have been over two years ago She was hanging out the laundry One load done She was half-way through the second load When the line broke In the In Bisbee, yards are dirt Two loads of clothes – Bisbee powder-brown He laughed. He said it was no big deal He went to the barn and came back With a handful of twine from the hay bales Bright orange By the time the laundry was washed He had strung the new clothesline Over two years and she has never replaced it It reminds her of him Calm, resourceful, strong, humorous One of a kind Kelly Tighe |
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