Wash & Wear- Daily Object Writing- Mar 25

Mar 24th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Daily Writing

Wash and wear- almost sounds as if it’s something out of a science fiction novel – Imagine the washing machine spinning away on its bearings with a high speed whine, stopping, opening the yawing lid and wearing the goods right then- ironed and pressed- Impossible or not? Has someone thought of it- do i need to copyright? The marvels or evils of polyester weave, crimping our clothes into straight line neatness, formula one home straight edges and pythagorean angled arms almost as if the short or pants has a memory. Certainly a memory of your skin, moist, supple, sweaty, rigid under different circumstances.

I have a shiny black polyester shirt that almost looks like shiny black oil. Bought it as a joke one time at the department store, but now it’s my fave short for performing. It has an oily blackness that’s deeper than the big bang and a shine that’s deeper than the lustre on a ferrari or a well polished Rolls Royce. It’s my super hero suit. With it on I am invincible. In front of an audience of unknowns I stride onto a stage with complete confidence, Repelling judgments with my shininess. From somewhere inside my gullet words and notes begin to flow, fingers begin a dance over the frets of the guitar and I am a performer. I watch almost as if from the cab of a crane- directing a word into my consciousness a chord to appear at the end of my finger tips.

Though the shirt appears to be made entirely of plastic it does not retain a shape memory and needs to be ironed – on a very low setting though. I wind the dial down to about two and then wave my hand across its face to feel a tickle of heat, then start sailing of over the creases and earthquake crevasses on the inside of the shirt- the outside too precious to risk with the bare face plate. Ridges smooth out until I am left with a mirror shine coming back off the shirt and I am ready to dazzle any one.

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