23 april

Stork-standing in the 10 pm kitchen,

I eat my no-chicken nuggets with my fingers,

too tired for ketchup or silverware.

Too stubborn

environmental

something

                                for dishwasher use,

my dishes pay.

Oatmeal bowls stack as the week stretches…

Count up to the weekend, reset:

Piles vanishing, warm water rising—these are the dreams we share--