Wash Day Blues

I need a solution

To my wash day blues

The door catch is broken

And I don’t know what to do

Can’t shut my washing machine

There’s no more cheery click

Ordered a new part

Hoping that would do the trick

Part arrived promptly

Landed on the mat

Just needs installing

And that will be the end of that!

No! I still need a solution

To my wash day blues

I sent for the wrong part

What am I going to do?

No longer have my man

To fix it in a trice

The washing pile it’s growing

Not smelling very nice

For a temporary solution

To my wash day blues

Took washing to my mum-in-law

She did loads one and two

Then I rang a man

He said he’s be out Monday

Only two more days to wait

I’ll have a rest on Sunday!

But Monday morning rolled around

And then I got the call

“I’m sorry love we’ve looked

But haven’t got that part at all!”

This was supposed to be my answer

The end of wash day blues

My man could have sorted this

He’d have known just what to do

One more load of washing

Was taken by a friend

Washed and ironed beautifully

When will this saga end?

Finally on Wednesday

A man came with the proper bit

Five minutes, not much more

Was all the time it took to fit.

At last a resolution

To my wash day blues

More costly than expected

But what’s a single girl to do?

It’s the little things that trip you up

That make you scream and shout

But it’s one more thing I’ve sorted

Solution - figured out!