Happy bday lavamat.
Your present will be a blanching
of this moldy backdrop, a tepid white,
this year’s must-have, and do that
without losing
history or other muckings up.
In a physical phase, a daily
run and writing in the margins
“peace and so forth.”
I’m yours, vicarious,
gleaning my common stains-
olive oil, ice cream,
wine- the pastimes of managemen.