Soul
ironing
David Brown
I like to iron my clothes to sweet soul music
When it’s a pressing load - soul can reduce it
I like to do my creases
while Bobby Womack preaches
I like to starch my collars
while Marvin Gaye Hollers
and when Otis testifies
I like to press my ties
When Stevie Wonder laments
I do her undergarments
I steam every seam
to classic Al Green
then I swing and sway
like late, lamented Ray
The iron presses her dresses
and I take care not to tear
while Aretha wonders
which one to wear
When Isaac Hayes raps
I put the clothes into stacks
check all the buttonholes
to Muscle Shoals
then I put it all away
with Donny Hathaway
When Sam Cooke hums
I know I’m all but done
and so I know for some
that a change is gonna come |