Great piece by Marcy Sheiner (=
I Write in the Laundromat
I write in the laundromat.
I am a woman
and between wash & dry cycles
I write.
I write while the beans soak
and with children’s voices
in my ear. I spell out words
for scrabble while I am writing.
I write as I drive to the office
where I type a man’s letters
and when he goes to lunch
I write.
When the kids go out the door
on Saturday I write
and while the frozen dinners thaw
I write.
I write on the toilet
and in the bathtub
and when I appear
to be talking
I am often writing.
I write in the laundromat
while the kids soak
with scrabbled ears
and beans in the office
and frozen toilets
and in the car
between wash & dry.
And your words
and my words
and her words
and their words
and I am a woman
and I write in the laundromat.
