LPiA-22 Nov. 8

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                Neck Wringing Wet


Some years ago I wound up staying at my sister’s house
alone with                             the dishwasher.
It was a mad machine         which would run a perfect
cycle, then        start over again         and again.

If you stopped it fearfully    there would          be
sloshing inches of gray        water under       dirty
dishes.                             
                                     But what drove me
              (to fretful hand washing)
were the times it
        just started
              by itself           
                                   very late at night.