{"id":783,"date":"2015-06-10T17:19:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T22:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.henrydelrosario.com\/?p=783"},"modified":"2017-11-09T10:07:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T16:07:14","slug":"exposed-like-in-an-open-ward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.henrydelrosario.com\/?p=783","title":{"rendered":"Exposed like in an open ward"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>Exposed like in an open ward\r\nthe washing machines lie bare in columns<!--more-->\r\nI walk into the neighborhood scene\r\ntugging my laundry beside me\r\n\r\nInfants and toddlers sprinkle laughter\r\nin between the white metal maze\r\n\u2014 plop\u2014 I hear a baby\u2019s butt hit ground\r\ngiggling at the sound of diaper on tile\r\n\r\nA girl in a pink tutu prances\r\naround her bell-shaped madre to stare\r\nat a fellow\u2014 capped\u2014 red basketball shorts\r\ndraped idly\u2014 unloading his wash\r\nthen petting his son\u2019s matted hair\r\n\r\n\u2014 jib\u2014 As I push my comforter inside,\r\na tattooed couple bumps my elbow\u2014\r\nlost in their play-fighting they\r\njab their fists and arms in the air\r\nbuoying each other's taunts\r\n\r\nI take my place in a plastic green chair next\r\nto a mustache with bilateral yellow-stains\u2014\r\nhe mumbles between his wife\u2019s cackles\r\nthen leaves a sweaty zest\r\nwhen he rises to check on the dryer\r\n\r\nA professional wheels his cart,\r\nconsolidated with dress shirts\r\nstraight and narrow\u2014 jaja\u2014\r\npast the hispanic women huddled\u2014 jajaja\u2014\r\nlike chipmunks\u2014 around a phone\r\n\r\nWhen slender, black and white\r\nstripes cut through the herd\r\nto fold procured and precious finds\r\nI see a paintbrush peek a proud\r\nhead out of her handbag\r\n\r\nThe whir of electricity fades\u2014 softener seeps\r\ninto summer air\u2014 one by one we each depart\u2014\r\nbetween the wafts there is more than\r\ncleaning\u2014 more than healing\u2014 we have\r\nthe redeeming of our vestiges of life\r\n\r\nBefore I pull away, my headlights spot a\r\nsupine figure on pavement, his name is Suliman\u2014\r\nzzzing\u2014 still home-dreaming\u2014 in his trenchcoat\u2014\r\nhis haircut new since winter\r\n<\/pre>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-761\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henrydelrosario.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-13-at-10.11.40-AM.png\" alt=\"HD\" width=\"76\" height=\"50\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exposed like in an open ward the washing machines lie bare in 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