Sorting Laundry

"All those wrinkles
to be smoothed, or else
ignored; they're in style."
(Sorting Laundry)

You know what I thought of when I first started reading this? The cute old couples that sit and rock on their front porch after dinner. Why did I think that? Because of the imagery! The imagery in this poem is sooo tangible, for lack of a better word. Everything appeals to the senses through sensory details. SOme examples of these are :bright, gleaming, slinking, wrinkles, guady, etc. The one thing I didn't like about this poem is how it's probably something bad. This is in the paradox and irony section, so does the wife say the opposite of what she's thinking?? I'm freaking out here!