I bought a dishmop-- 
having no daughter-- 
for they had twisted 
fine ribbons of shining copper 
about white twine 
and made a tousled head 
of it, fastened it 
upon a turned ash stick 
slender at the neck 
straight, tall-- 
when tied upright 
on the brass wallbracket 
to be a light for me 
and naked 
as a girl should seem 
to her father.