I Write In The Laundromat
		


I write in the laundromat.
I am a woman
and between wash & dry 
cycles
I write.

I write while the beans soak
and with children's voices 
in my ear.
I spell out words for scrabble
while I am writing.

I write as 
I drive to the office
where I type a man's letters
and when he goes to 
lunch
I write.

When the kids go out the door
on Saturday I write
and 
while the frozen dinners thaw
I write.

I write on the toilet
and in the 
bathtub
and when I appear to be talking
I am often writing.

I write in 
the laundromat
while the kids soak
with scrabbled ears
and beans in the 
office
and frozen toilets
and in the car
between wash and dry.

And your 
words
and my words
and her words 
and their words
and I am a woman
and I 
write in the laundromat.