2001/between

“I’ve been through
all this, only to
realize, on Mondays
I do laundry,”
the middle-aged woman
offered to the 70’s
women’s group.
Early twenties, it made
the most sense of
anything I’d heard.
I never forgot it.
After a while
you come to realize
things,
that I really need
three baskets:
darks, whites,
in betweens.
That in-between
is the most
important category
and the one most
neglected.

3/10/01