Adult Requirements

Distressed pots and pans
lie dormant in the sink

Starting to pile up

A mountain of dishware
of our own creation

They all gotta be
hand cleaned
and dried meticulously

Those are the rules

Not a joyous task

For the dishwasher is down
and there is no excess capital
laying around
to fix this convenience properly

So it falls on me
as it often does
to do the mundane drudgery
we were all signed up for
when we became
responsible adults

Excuse me

I gotta go make my frickin bed