clothesline

i you us them those people wouldn't it be lovely if one could live in a constant state of we? some of the most commonplace words can be some of the biggest dividers they what if there was no they? what if there was only us? if words could be seen as they floated out of our mouths would we feel no shame as they passed beyond our lips? if we were to string our words on a communal clothesline would we feel proud as our thoughts flapped in the breeze?
~Marilyn Maciel, "clothesline"


What is on your clothesline?  homemade Beautiful quilts or sheets flapping in the fresh air or baby diapers being brightened by the sun? Or do you air your dirty laundry for all to see? Are you proud of the words that float out of your mouth?


~"clothesline" used with permission of the poet
~published in Life is a Verb by Patti Digh