Download - The Clothesline Poem
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THE CLOTHES LINE WAS A NEWS FORECASTTO NEIGHBORS PASSING BY,THERE WERE NO SECRETS YOU COULD KEEPWHEN CLOTHES WERE HUNG TO DRY.
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IT WAS ALSO A FRIENDLY LINKFOR NEIGHBORS ALWAYS KNEW,IF COMPANY HAD STOPPED BYTO SPEND A NIGHT OR TWO.
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FOR THEN YOU SEE THE FANCY SHEETSAND TOWELS ON THE LINE,YOU'D SEE THE COMPANY TABLE CLOTHSWITH INTRICATE DESIGN.
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THE LINE ANNOUNCED A BABY'S BIRTHTO FOLKS WHO LIVED INSIDE,AS BRAND NEW INFANT CLOTHES WERE HUNG SO CAREFULLY WITH PRIDE.
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THE AGES OF CHILDREN COULDSO READILY BE KNOWN,BY WATCHING HOW SIZES CHANGEDYOU'D KNOW HOW MUCH THEY'D GROWN.
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IT WAS TOLD WHEN ILLNESS STRUCKAS EXTRA SHEETS WERE HUNG,THEN NIGHT CLOTHES AND A BATHROBE TOO,HAPHAZARDLY WERE HUNG.
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IT SAID, "GONE ON VACATION NOW,"WHEN LINES HUNG LIMP AND BARE.IT TOLD, "WE'RE BACK!, WHEN FULL LINES SAGGEDWITH NOT AN INCH TO SPARE.
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NEW FOLKS WERE SCORNED UPONIF WASH WAS DINGY GRAY!AS NEIGHBORS RAISED THEIR BROWSAND LOOKED DISGUSTEDLY AWAY.
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BUT CLOTHESLINES NOW ARE OF THE PASTFOR DRYERS MAKE WORK LESS.NOW WHATEVER GOES INSIDE A HOUSE-IS ANYBODY'S GUESS.
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I REALLY MISS THAT WAY OF LIFEIT WAS A FRIENDLY SIGN,WHEN NEIGHBORS KNEW EACH OTHER BESTBY WHAT HUNG ON THE LINE.
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