Household.

As the dishes pile up in a constant battle against the laws of entropy and the dirty laundry stretches across the bathroom like silent witnesses to a day gone by, I move like a harmonious symphony of domestic duties, my hands sliding from the soapy foam plates to the soft, damp textile fibers of the wash, in a labyrinthine dance of repetitive movements that intertwine every detail of the routine, with my right hand I scrub the stubborn residue from the pans while my left hand gently loosens the delicate fabrics from their invisible enemies, without pause or interruption, and so the actions flow together in a rhythmic choreography that recreates the house in an orderly manner from the chaos of daily use. Despite the fact that the inevitable cycle of new dishes and dirty laundry starts all over again, this endless repetition forms an almost meditative peace, a recurring symphony of everyday cleaning that provides a strange pleasure precisely in its predictable continuity.



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