Maybe this woman was brought up in those hard times when everything feminine was considered guilty or dangerous. Maybe she set up her first clotheslines following the usual rules: the small pieces of clothing (underwear, the pieces that touch the skin, the ones that touch...
Like bats dozing, so do the baby’s clothes. There are many babies who, like bats, fly about at night. There are few babies, unlike bats, who go about their business and let others sleep at night....
Woman. Alone. Optimistic. Outgoing. A dancer. A laugher. A life-enjoyer....
I believe these underpants have been hung out with more care than the knickers. Because the knickers are pinned right where they would need the most air and sun. Maybe these clothes weren’t hung up by her...
I don’t know what that long, lined piece of fabric is for. But clotheslines like this, that only have women’s clothes, always make me feel I’d like to invite them to something...