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Best Drying Up Poems


Premium Member Washing and Drying Up

Each night after the evening meal
there was never a discussion
as to who would wash the dishes
and who would do the drying up.
My mother was the washer,
my sister and I did the drying up.

Hot steam would rise from the sink 
before plates were plunged
deep in foam...

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Categories: drying up, memory, mum, sister,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things