The Clothes Line The clothes lay on the floor in an ever-growing stinking heap. The smell was rough enough was enough between their smell and the fluff all together took a life of their own the clothes then formed into an orderly line Wilner the white trousers, Dill the t-shirt, Elle the bally polo necked elephant jumper had never saw water, then there was Bill the sock who almost got unravelled by a bird with a large squawk. Jimmy was a famous painter and hadn't got time. He hadn't noticed the slime and the grime. He painted pictures of alluring blue. The clothes line brought him Janey and he knew what to do when he saw her eyes of alluring blue. He cleaned up his act and never looked back.