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The Right Place

by Duane Anderson
As I sit waiting while
my clothes are getting cleaned,
every once in a while
I look out the window
to watch the cars pass by,
and they make more noise today
than most days
since it had just finished raining
and there is still water
on the streets.
If I put my clothes on the wet pavement
along with some detergent
hoping the cars’ tires will beat them clean,
I would just be wishing?
Right now, I am only dreaming,
somehow knowing I put my clothes
in the right place.

Duane Anderson currently lives in La Vista, NE. He has had poems published in Fine Lines, Cholla Needles, Tipton Poetry Journal, and several other publications. He is the author of "On the Corner of Walk and Don’t Walk," "The Blood Drives: One Pint Down," and "Conquer the Mountains."