Laundry Blues

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LAUNDRY BLUES.

I do my laundry when I must,

Along with the chore of dusting dust!

I do not long with anticipation

For any domestic situation!

I was born to just sit back

And leave to others the dirt-attack.

All my life I have despised it,

Yet no-one else has realised it!

I think laundry-work's unhealthy;

I'm coming back as someone wealthy

Who finds all laundry-work a bore

And drops her undies on the floor

To be picked-up by a lady's-maid,

After all the beds are made.

I want fresh linen every day

Appearing in a mysterious way

In drawers delicately scented,

When all the washing's circumvented.

I want to slide between clean sheets

(Surely one of life's great treats).

But I emphatically decline

To enjoy hanging sheets out on the line.

Princess Margaret, I've heard said,

Liked clean sheets put on her bed,

Even for a daytime nap!

Give that sensible girl a clap!

I do my laundry when I must

But it makes me feel that life's unjust.

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John Wagner

SISTERS UNDER THE SKIN!

Maxine's American to the core!

It's clear she's very Yanky.

But she's also a Universal 'gal'

With all her hanky-panky.

She's such a liberated soul

So full of flair and fizz,

And, bless her heart, she has a way,

Of saying it how it is!

As for myself, I'm more restrained;

There are things I prefer to hide,

But, take it from me, I'm Maxine,

Way down deep inside!

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