Soap Angels

I love to start up a load of wash just as I am going to bed. In winter I add the soap powder to a dayglow orange cup of hot water to dissolve it before adding it to the vat of cold colorful laundry soup. When I wake up the next morning I reach into the washing machine tub, pull out the damp clothes, and pile them into the basket. Then I hang them on the clothesline and wooden racks in the warm, cozy boiler room. The soap angels have done their work.