Today's poem is by Lisa Ampleman

Domestic Concerns
       

One man wrests a flag
from another, the two-ply
polyester whipping violently,
just one more splotch
in a riot of color—matched
hats, posters in every hue,
kinetic mosaic. They chant,
agitate. I cannot stand with them.
The work of civilization
is also laundry. Someone
has to sort clean socks
into pairs, fold them into
a symbol of union. Perhaps
she can read about the rallies while
she waits for the dryer to sing
its little hymn of conclusion.

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