<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=477166" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Questions Unanswered</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ah those days of starched shirts<br>Of water boiling in the copper, <br>And soap-flakes snow-white <br>And the mangle in the corner<br>Like a medieval implement of torture<br>Waiting to grind and squeeze.<br>And granny's hair wrapped in cloth<br>The goodly housewife at work<br>Hands red, hot water immersed, <br>Sweated in the washing room.<br>Each Mondays Herculean task<br>The stringing on lines for all to see<br>Of pure white sheets rinsed in Dolly Blue.<br>To wash the families dirty linen clean.<br>But never speak of the true dirty secrets<br>That scrubbing could not undo, <br>That gallons of bleach could not erase<br>Nor boiling water wipe out.<br>The lies told to protect<br>Which ended up hurting. <br>The scars though healed still itch.<br>The front of respectability kept up<br>But its upkeep too heavier price too heavy<br>Leaving me with unanswered questions.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Copyright P H Brookes 2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Paul+Brookes">Paul Brookes</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=477166" data-title="Questions Unanswered de Paul Brookes" data-description="Ah those days of starched shirts Of water boiling in the copper, And soap-flakes snow-white And the mangle in the corner Like a medieval implement of torture Waiting to grind and squeeze. And granny's hair wrapped in cloth The goodly housewife a..."></div> </div> </div>

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