Where do the socks go when I do the wash?

I open the lid and they’re gone?

They don’t seem to be anywhere in the house

And they’re not laying around on the lawn.

I remember quite clearly of stuffing the pairs,

In the laundry basket out in the hall

But when the cycle is over and the water has drained

I simply can’t find them at all!

It’s really a puzzle and one I can’t solve

Thinking about it makes my brain waves go flat

But that is when I suddenly recall

that in the laundry basket also were cats!

So I go on a second search of my house,

This time on my hands and my knees

And there underneath our master bed

Is a pile of socks I can seize!

-MA Miller-