Ironed Out
I am still scrubbing the dark splash of wine
That you tipped over my white dress last night.
Silence is wrung, and hangs on the clothesline
And on stitched lips, but we’d rather close sight.
The fabric rips, and the sound crackles through,
And my cheeks flushed red with embarrassment.
Your calloused hands hovered mine, and I knew
That this white taffeta was ours to mend.
So we folded silence with our laughter,
Sorted past white and colored misgivings,
Smoothed the folds and creases with our banter,
And hemmed and sewed all of our loose endings,
Because if wine had to stain me once more,
I’d go through it again just to be yours.
About this poem
The prompt was: write about a chore you hate. I decided to turn it into love.
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Written on September 23, 2021
Submitted by vanessa.esguerra on August 23, 2022
Modified on March 18, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABABCDCEFGFGHI |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 640 |
Words | 124 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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