2013 April PAD Challenge: Day 18

The April PAD (Poem-A-Day) Challenge is designed to help poets do one thing and one thing only: Write more poems! The process of revision may go on for weeks, months, and years later, but this challenge is all about getting that first draft. Please poem along with us--either in the comments below or silently at home.

For today's prompt, take the phrase "I Am (blank)," replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles might include: "I Am Superman," "I Am Wonder Woman," "I Am Out of Nickels," "I Am Running Low on Patience," and so on.

Here's my attempt:

"I am the laundry basket"

you left at the laundromat
unattended, empty, and vulnerable
to the late night thugs who tossed me around

and ultimately broke me.

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