Wednesday, November 18, 2015

simmering

on an odd midweek holiday
when both could have slept in

she awoke with a start
to the sounds of pots and pans
banging
liberal - in the sense of magnitude
swearing
and water
running

she found him in the kitchen
cleaning oatmeal
from the crevices of
their twenty year old range
flustered

oatmeal rice
any kind of grain
potatoes pasta
all turn out the same

on high 'til they bubble
cover turn it low
then there comes the trouble
soon they overflow

silly turn it lower

he lost his steam
and pouted

she took him gently by the arm
headed back upstairs
and proved his point

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