Laundry goes in me. Or I make you wait... What could I clearly be To describe such a state?

On icy days, a second skin, To warm your fingers, snug within. A hand's old friend, it fits like fate, A cozy shell for every date.

I wait in silence, small and still, yet spring to life with sudden will. Temptation lures you to my snap - a piece of cheese, a ...

I'm a liquid, and sure call me basic, you twerp, A more appropriate term would be caustic, for how strong I work, I'll take all the color out of your clothes, without fail! I come from the lands toward which Frodo and the Elves set sail

I bend but never tire, I bear the weight of road and wire. I stretch between what stands apart, binding sides that drifted apart.