"pillowcases, despite so many
washings, seams still
holding our dreams."
The speaker in this poem uses household chores and items to describe her relationship with her lover. Her phrases mean something deeper than what she literally says; therefore, it is an example of understatement. The speaker says that as she folds clothes, she relates it to how she has "folded" her lover into her life.
She says their sheets are "like the tablecloths for the banquets of giants" implying that their sheets are special and luxurious, but I don't believe she means because of quality. Rather, I think she is implying that because they are subject to their love, the sheets are special. The surprises that the speaker finds as she goes through the clothing symbolize the surprises in their relationship. Some are good, while others are bad, and even others are unimportant, but they are all a part of who she and her lover are as a couple. Though the memories like the items in the washer somewhat decay, they will always be there to remind the speaker of the good moments in their love. She states that if her love were to leave her, her clothes alone would not be enough to "fill the empty side of the bed". His absence would be evident in laundry and sleep. She would feel alone in life.
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