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# Prove it
- URL: https://dianaludwick.com/prove-it/
- Published: 2026-07-30T13:42:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-30T13:42:00.000Z
- Description: “Prove It,” a text exchange between Mother and Teen during a summer work day, written Thursday, July 30, 2026 poem 211 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: "I did it," by Diana Ludwick © 2026.
- Author: Diana Ludwick
- Tags: 2026 Poetry Challenge, Poems, High Summer, July, Summer, #Migrated-1792872215677, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-24 20:03

A summer Thursday, and I'm at work.  
It's past nine, so I'm ready   
to get the update from the homefront.  
"Have you emptied the dishes?" I text.  
  
"Yah" She texts back.  
  
"Prove it." I type.   
I have no room   
for her empty words anymore,   
not after Popover Gate.  
  
She sends a photo of the clean, empty appliance.  
"Great!" I reply. "What about the laundry?"   
  
A few minutes go by,   
then another photo,   
without words,   
as reply.  
  
An empty wash basin gleams up at me.   
"Thank you!" I gush back.  
  
"What about your clothes,   
have you folded them and put them away?"  
I am probably trying my luck at this point.  
  
The phone screen goes dark.  
  
Ten minutes later, in comes another silent photo:  
The bottom of an empty plastic laundry basket,  
a lone wool dryer ball wedged at the corner.  
  
These are love notes   
between Teen and Mom  
on a Thursday  
in Summer.   
  
I'll take them.  
Proof of Chores, Proof of life,   
possibly proof of love.