| Laundry | |
| My grandfather sent everything to the nuns | |
| for a thorough cleaning, | |
| including my mother. | |
| Fervently they washed away every stain, | |
| hold us up to the light, | 5 |
| and there is hardly a trace of me left in her, | |
| or her left in me. | |
| Things are forever getting separated in the wash, | |
| a fawn silk stocking, | |
| a tiny pink sock with no matcher, | 10 |
| the price to be paid for getting your laundry done. |