"Pay the bills or wash the dishes for the rest of the year"I look past my chair at the table, the finely folded papers
almost bending to greet each other,
ConEd, Car Insurance, Life Insurance,
Phone, gas, mortgage, tuition, loans
the ringing of the word pay seeps through my ear drums
to oil my rusted mouth
I begin to stammer,
"I, I do not feel appreciated
in this homely box we call a house
I do not want to wash away my youth
with hard water and soap good enough for ducks
Can you please wash the dishes and pay the bills?
I will be the woman of the house
clean after your mess and mess with you clean."
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