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VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2002-10-29 10:57 AM

My Biweekly Chore

Last one outta the sink
pull the plug,
dry the counter,
make spot-free all faucet facets.

Above the sparkling surface,
I toss the towel
upon the gleaming dishes,
vowing with the all of me,
“This time I shall not fail!”

I’ll fin’ly manage, well,
with daily drudgery,
to get the dishes cleaned
quite regulatorily.

So everyday I watch
a pile start,
too tiny to expend
the energy and toil.

Conservation is the name
of my procrastination’s fame;
water, soap suds, and more
reserved for later times in store.

As seed does grow
to healthy pile,
I beleaguered feel,
and wait awhile.

Then every glass,
every bottle and cup
pile higher still,
“the jig is up!”

So tackle I,
the laden sink,
to find a vessel
from which to drink.

I’ve no other choice,
my biweekly chore
to do it less
would pain me more.

©October 29, 2002

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2002-10-29 11:20 AM

Uh oh! You've been peaking into my kitchen!!!

Haha, I enjoyed this humorous touch to the daily drudgery of dirty dishes. I always seem to have at least one dirty disgusting thing in the sink, no matter how often I wash dishes.

Tammy Blessing
Member

since 2002-08-26

Posts 366
PA

2 posted 2002-10-29 12:22 PM

LOL Vas!! Wish I could get away with only doing the dishes bi-weekly!! Unfortunately, if I let them get behind even 1 day I find myself buried up to my ears!! Maybe you should invest in a paper product company and start using "disposable" dishes??!!
Tammy

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

3 posted 2002-10-29 01:52 PM

VAS, don't those dirty dishes pile up fast...and what about the dirty clothes!!!!
Like "they" say...."a woman's work is never done". I believe it, don't You? HaHa!!
Thanks for sharing.

Love to All,
Ethel

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2002-10-29 01:56 PM

Virginia, wish I could get away with doing them twice a week...
but it has to be every day...
I do believe my family is bringing in
the neighbour's dishes as well.
Cute write!
~hugs~

~ Time has cast a spell on you
So you won't ever forget me ~

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