There must be time for this
Inspired by Ellen Bass’s “Laundry”
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The following is a poem by Ellen Bass, titled “Laundry” published May 6, 2024 in The New Yorker.
The baby’s dragged the sheets to the kitchen
and now she’s stuffing them in the washer,
one hand lifting a wad of yellow cotton,
the other reaching down for more and more. Breathing heavy,
she’s feeding vast swaths by the armful,
bent halfway into the mouth of th…
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