Futon

Notice Poems—A National Poetry Month poem series by author Holly Thompson relating to the verse novel Falling Into the Dragon’s Mouth, set in Kamakura, Japan. #NoticePoems

Futon 


on weekends and holidaysit’s my job to hang all the futon from the laundry balcony
so first I check weather mapsfor projections of precipitation during the next few hours
then I haul the futonoutside heft them up over the railingand clip them in place to air
it’s great to see all the futonout baking in the sun and laterto pull them in—still warm
and laze on the heated stack of thembefore folding them in thirds and lifting them into the futon closet
sometimes if clouds appearneighbors will phone us: “rain is on the way—“
then we race to haul in futon grab the laundry clip hangersand rehang clothes inside
but once, Mom, Dad and Cora were out and Ken and I were down three goals at the park against Yōhei and Shō
so we kept playing even after a drizzle started falling until I remembered those futon still hung over the railing . . .
not even towels, two fans pointingplus hair dryers aimed for hours will drywet futon—nothing but sunlight will do

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Notice Poems—A National Poetry Month poem series by author Holly Thompson relating to the verse novel Falling Into the Dragon’s Mouth, set in Kamakura, Japan. 
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