A Basket For Your Thoughts Edward Charles Art By Pauline Wong When buying a washing basket, it is worth considering several things: do I buy the threedollar standard basket or the ten-dollar hiphugging basket? Do my hips really need to be hugged? Am I allowed to bring a washing basket on the bus? Will people call out my name and rebuke my very existence?
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The fellow Kmart shoppers gave me a wide berth as I hogged the aisle in contemplation. Perhaps it didn’t matter so much, but still I was reluctant to be faced with a confrontational bus driver telling me I was forbidden from bringing large plastic clothes carriers on his line.
Mum, please pick me up. Kids are [Name/less], I’m scared.
