God Laughed
Contrary to the evidence,
I put out the laundry
   filling the outdoor lines
     with shirts, socks, pants and panties, jeans and more.
In the distance
  there was thunder
    (as there had been most of the afternoon)
  which I gave no notice to
  before heading in to start a load of whites.
In the distance
  there was now lightning.
Again I took no notice
  (it had lightninged earlier, too);
I sat down to wait for the clothes to dry,
  the whites to wash.
Then the rain came:
  're-washing' our clothes
      washing gravel down the driveway
         and kicking my over confidence in the shins.