1967
clothes were squeezed
between two rollers –
don’t put them through too bunched up –
and the still-soapy water
poured back into the drum
while out through the open sash window
London clanked and greyed
either side of the Thames
————w(O)rmholes________________________________|—–
childhood wormhole: corroboration
grey wormhole: hint
London & Thames & windows wormhole: Plumstead – Woolwich 121114
open wormhole: just
sound wormhole: no cars / no planes
years wormhole: 1963
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In 1967, thousands of miles away from London, I watched that same process in my grandmother’s house. Thank you for the reminder.
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ah, excellent; thank you for sharing
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I remember helping my mother do laundry like this before she got a washing machine. I was always tempted to put my fingers through the rollers.
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… as long as they weren’t bunched up would they have been OK …?
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In reality, no. I pulled my hand back when the rollers started to pull on my fingernails and fingertips.
However, I like to imagine that I would have come through dry, flat and capable of flying like a magic carpet.
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I used to read a book to my children called ‘Flat Stanley’ who used to travel a lot through the the post …
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