Sarah St Vincent Welch #113 Ironing my shirt

first the arms

two flopping tubes

empty

stiff cuffed, gaping

iron in a wrinkle

uniron a wrinkle

heat against cheek

spit and sizzle

flatten

press out the air

press steam

shoosh

the front

metal glides around

button and bumps

over a button hole

spreading and shaping

cloth on board,

across the shoulders

touching the working

of this garment

its cut and seam

how it fits together

last the collar

its pleasure

thick and stiff

ironing it down flat

my shirt a ghost 
on a hanger