"a mountain of unsorted wash/could not fill/the empty side of the bed" -PAGE 842
The overstatement contained in this part is supported by the length of the poem. The laundry piled up would not literally be a mountain or the size of a mountain. The length adds to the overstatement because it explains the details about the laundry. It mentions different kinds of laundry and the different things that end up in it. Because it talks about the multiple different things, it makes it seem like if he took all of his things it would pile up. The poem itself is also an extended metaphor. Their life together is consistently compared to the laundry. The different aspects found in the laundry indicate different parts of their lives together. I think the extended metaphor was effective because everyone can relate to doing laundry. Everyone can also relate to the different things found in the laundry because most people have experienced something similar. The metaphor and the different details add significance to small activities like simply doing laundry.
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