Short Laundromat Poems

tumbling glass eye
worn out quarters-soiled lives
laundromat faces...

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sporting new hairdo
a bag of quarters
for the laundromat
   


posted on June 11, 2018...

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I enjoy watching
Clothes tumble in the dryer
At the laundromat;
It reminds me of sunset
And its swiftly changing hues....

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all things 
related to 
the past 
must be 
washed clean
within the 
laundromat
of the subconscious 
mind in order 
for closure to 
take place within...

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Sixteen unique individuals
sit on sixteen washing machines.

As they make small-talk
they stare at sixteen dryers, all in a row
chugging and churning to the same hum....

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Model and singer Nick Kamen
Best known for stripping off his jeans
In a Levi’s 501 jeans commercial
Using Laundromat machines

A Celebrity Epitaph Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Michelle Faulkner
01/10/22...

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At the laundromat a girl who could not find a chair
Sat in a dryer, her attitude was beyond compare
She did not care who gawked or gave her a stare.
I know her well, she is my self-confident cousin, Claire....

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college boulevard
college hamburgers
college dry cleaners
college day care center
college café
college laundromat.
I have a feeling we are close to the college I say.
My husband has no idea, watching the road like he is....

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emotional laundromat  
memories placed  
within the 
washing machine
of the wounded soul 
cleansing of the 
negative residue 
that resides within
the broken heart 
place negativity
within the dryer 
shrinking emotional
scars...

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I'm a mind raper
I'm a fine rapper
You'd better stay out of my way
Cause my nine's always strapped
Even on laundry day
Got my glock tucked in my sweatpants
Quarter cup of Tide® Enhance™
Roll up to the laundromat
You want yo titties autographed?...

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Long ago in a Laundromat
A couple of hippies just met
One asked the other if he smoked weed
He replied, "Every chance I get!"

With the police station next door
Behind the building's where they went
But soon became quite worried 
Alarmed by the smokes ascent!

Frantically swatting at the cloud
They quickly gave up the attack
When they saw they were standing
In front of a vent in the back!...

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"SHE MADE A MESS AND THEN IT SPILLED"

lies, lies, lies.
tears, tears, tears.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
I'm sorry.
I'll pick you up at ten.
I need to do laundry.
off to Wal-Mart we go
where we buy nothing.
we arrive at the laundromat,
mad,
irritated,
on edge,
shoelaces ready to snap.
she drops her soda,
I run as she cleans 
and return with a refill.
her mess is now my mess.
damn!
men weren't wired fairly.


By: Chicano Eddie
8-10-2016...

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Whether outside to play or being dropped off for a party.

"Mind your p's and q's young lady," I was always told.

If only she knew what I knew when she wasn't in my presence.

Playing house in the laundromat and kissing my pretend husband.

Seven minutes in heaven and spin the bottle.

But when called inside she knows not a thing.

Being picked up from a party no trouble was I, for she knows not what I know and 
that's how it's going to be....

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The kiss of chaos
chaotic kisses,
what a gaudy
goody 
this 
is.
Tiny increments
of change,
lick your lips
and rearrange,
molecules
and atoms
charged,
with a random love
at large.

met you in a laundromat
feeling old and feeling fat
kissed you on a daring whim
chaos dancing on the brim,
of a mouth 
like 
neverwas
in my dreams and just 
because.

Kiss of chaos,
random acts
altering
chaotic facts
stack the cards and
tilt the game,
I just relit
an old
flame....

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