no she never bought dishcloths

my mum.



that does not mean she did not use them.



remember

she was a single parent of four

and things were still rationed



after the war.



we asked the butcher for meat cloths alongside pig's heads

and liver.



i hated asking for breast of lamb

rude to mention private bits.



later mum boiled the cloths in the pan with persil

&

possibly bleach.



it got the fat meat out.



cut them neatly for dishcloths.



old vests were not wasted nor discarded, underwear

was useful for cloths and dusters.



never a yellow one at our house

though we did have candy stripe

formerly a pillow case.





you make speeches, you rally while i remember my mother.