11-17-2022, 04:24 AM
In my domestic universe
chores are a clash of civilizations:
my Germanic partner
in this post-Edenic world
believes the dishes must be done
immediately after dinner.
But I am of another race,
a lazy mix of Anglo Irish variety
and can’t face the tedious
until I’ve had time
to work up a bit of guilt
about duties left undone.
In penance, I clean the cat-box
then retreat back
to prelapsarian contemplation
as dishes clatter, announcing
that I’ve been kicked out of Paradise
all over again.
chores are a clash of civilizations:
my Germanic partner
in this post-Edenic world
believes the dishes must be done
immediately after dinner.
But I am of another race,
a lazy mix of Anglo Irish variety
and can’t face the tedious
until I’ve had time
to work up a bit of guilt
about duties left undone.
In penance, I clean the cat-box
then retreat back
to prelapsarian contemplation
as dishes clatter, announcing
that I’ve been kicked out of Paradise
all over again.