Sunday, July 22, 2018

How to fold a fitted sheet

> How to fold a fitted sheet
>
> You cannot
>
> You can
> but not well
>
> It will bunch
> Fold unevenly
> A mess a wreck
> disheveled
>
> Martha says to put your hands
> deep in the pockets
> and bring them together
> A prayer
> A performance
>
> it will not work
> Not for you. Not this sheet.
> Not this time.
>
> Try.
> Search for videos, tips
> Memoirs from others who have
> put their sheet away neatly.
>
> They lie
>
> Or they don't.
>
> but this is your sheet
> Washed, dried, and waiting
> In a jumbled disarray
>
> Wrinkles setting in
>
> It only looks right
> When stretched across a bed
> But your job is to put it away
> Fold it. Stack it. away.
>
> It cannot be done neatly.
> It cannot be done.
> It cannot be.
>
> here is the sheet
> Sink your hands
> Deep in the pockets.