The Washing Machine Ozymandias

The washing machine Ozymandias

has been pumped so full of Calgon

it has outlived, by many centuries,

all of its nearest contemporaries:

generations of Bosch,

entire dynasties of Zanussi.

Now it hovers, Zardoz-like,

above the rusting drums

of Hotpoint twin tubs

in abandoned neighbourhoods

of dead and dying white goods.

For "Mandi" there will be

no final spin cycle.

Just a shrieking cacophony

for the rest of eternity.

B.R. 26.06.2023

I'm afraid I have been unable to find a picture of the washing machine Ozymandias so instead here is a picture of our beloved cat Tabitha in a washing machine. She's just as omniscient and omnipotent as Ozy and a lot more cuddly. B.R.