Clothes from the dryer,
soft and clean ~
missing something.
Always missing
the fresh scent of
hanging on the line
in the wind.
The funny dents from
wooden clothes pins.
Automatic washers and dryers
part of a home are invaluable,
but always ~ missing something.
“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else,
and for everything you gain, you lose something else.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist
(1803 ~ 1882)
