Monday, November 7, 2022

291/365 - Disreputable

 


When the good burner
turns bad
The best burner
becomes the worst
The favorite burner
turns on you
by refusing to 
turn on
or rather
by refusing to light
but happily filling
the kitchen with gas
Is ten years the limit
when the switch is flipped
It was the dishwasher
last year
the furnace
the year before
What's next?
The fridge?
What else will decide
not to work anymore?

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