Dirty Underwear

In "Washerwoman" Sandburg is telling a story in a few lines. This is about a woman working for the Salvation Army. Her duty is to wash the laundry. It compares people to the dirty underwear and compares Jesus to the suds. As she sings her songs of rejoice and washes the clothes it's as if God is washing away sins and the wrongs people have done just like she washes the filth off the underwear. He does the hard work washing away our sins and bad conduct knowing that more will come and he will once again have to clean us up. The washerwoman has decided to give back to the community and try to correct some of her own wrongs and give back to the community. She is trying to do God's will and earn his respect so she will know when it's her time she'll be waiting in line at the pearly gates. We should all strive to be like the woman depicted and earn our way in, not just do a lot of wrongs and expect our records to be wiped clean every now and then and actually be productive people.