Jared Levy is a writer and teacher based in Philadelphia, PA. This is his first published poem.
"Laundry Room" is published as part of Philly Storied City, a city-wide literary project. More here: philly.short-edition.com
Lost in the light of a laundry room,
clean air invites me into morning.
I sit and hear the sounds of whirling, washing and with it I am at peace.
There's something in my closet. Its raspy monster breath makes my curtains flutter at night. I tell my mom, but she says it's just the sound of the wind whispering secrets to the moon.
When she remembers visiting Dad in his high-rise building each holidays, she thinks about how walking down Adelaide Terrace felt like walking through a canyon; how she was small anyway, but felt
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