This piece of fluff was written for the D’Verse Poetics challenge to write a laundry poem.
When the permanent press get a whiff
and start to sniff
the stained seats of power,
they start to front-load the ‘news’
and then rinse and repeat
until their designated target gets the heat
of the hearsay tumble dryer
or gets pegged out to dry in the summer sun.
Then begins the target’s spin cycle
and the fluffing of the facts
to ensure the wrinkles are ironed out
and any stains are bleached
with the lye soap of fake news
until the target comes out lemon fresh
and looking whiter than white
and the cycle moves on
to the next 24 in the 7.
Six Crooked Highways 
This is great! I thought about going this direction, they stayed with the traditional I love how the metaphor(s) fit so well into the ongoing talking heads and their spin cycle. Now that their favorite target no longer on the dart board they have gone to turning us into a society of “I’m Sorry!” Even the cartoons are targets! I think they need to get a life!!
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Many thanks. A man after my own heart. 🙂
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Ha Ha.. yes I think you are right!
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I agree (of course) 🙂
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Over-agitating doesn’t wash, Doug.
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Don’t try and soft soap me, Obb. 🙂
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Me? Sheet no.
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🙂
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You, sir, are brilliant (like your whites, apparently). You are clearly underappreciated.
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Why, thank you, ma’am and yes, my underwear is unappreciated. 🙂
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I believe you’ve twisted some words around…
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🙂
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A great extended metaphor. It worked really well. An accurate airing of the presses dirty laundry!
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Thanks, Hobbo 🙂
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sad but true
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Oh, does it ever. You have encapsulated politics in a spin cycle, Doug – well done!
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Many thanks, Ingrid. Glad you enjoyed it.
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All too true. Fun use of laundry words for this crazy world we’re living in!
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Thank you, much appreciated.
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There are so many ways to spin these days… and it’s both for a cause but mostly to sell ads
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Indeed, Bjorn.
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I so love this – so relevant to today’s new cycle. Specially love these lines:
with the lye soap of fake news
until the target comes out lemon fresh
and looking whiter than white
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Many thanks, Grace. Glad you enjoyed it.
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” the lye soap of fake news until the target comes out lemon fresh and looking whiter than white and the cycle moves on,”… love this- a most brilliant, brilliant write!
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Thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed it.
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