I keep the kitchen towel dry in sight, not in a wet heap by the sink

The plates are already in the sink — and the kitchen towel lies in a wet heap on the rim “quicker that way”. Easy to leave it till morning: by breakfast the cloth is sour, and the hand only smears, it does not wipe. I shake the towel out, hang it or leave it dry in sight — so tomorrow I wipe hands or the edge of the board without the smell of a rag.

I keep the kitchen towel dry in sight, not in a wet heap by the sink. Hanging the tea towel to dry is another note; a cloth that smells of soap its own; the board on edge another story. Here it’s the kitchen towel at the work: dry, open — not a wet clump overnight.

Two in rotation: one dries, with the other I wipe. If it already smells sour — into the wash, not “one more day”. I don’t dry it on the hot oven door until it scorches. I’m not shopping for a new set with a review in this note — it’s about the one that already lies by the sink after supper.

I don’t need a heap by the tap that sours by morning. I need a dry towel I’m not ashamed to wipe a cup with. At yours does the kitchen towel live dry in sight — or already in a wet heap by the sink?