The
dishwasher does not clean well
Stranded
food particles crust and smeared compartments of waste
Lay
unaltered when I go to remove the immaculate and the unfazed 
The
machine is builder-basic, a non-option taken with the as-is  
When
I purchased my third home as an adult before the age of thirty-three
I
want to replace the dishwasher with a better functioning model 
Higher-dollar
with settings and a mute button, but
I
do not plan on staying here either   
My
escape scheme is into month ten
I
still wipe the bowls with grub left on the rim 
Like
the chin of a geriatric nursing home denizen or a toddler
I
am really not sure at this point   
The
rationale is stagnant like a parasite of ordinary choices 
Filling
the space between the concurrent start and finish line 
Round-about,
I think of all the places I have washed dishes  
There
was the starter-kit shotgun apartment Uptown
Back
with the roach explosion  
I
recall the one blocked in by the added wood flooring over the clover tile 
In
the first remodeled home before the baby was born   
There
was the one at the in-laws house in the commotion 
At
least I could do the dishes while they all talked   
I
imagine the double super-silent Kenmore Elite models in the big place
When
everything else went silent I could finally hear the hum  
The
rental house with the seventies flip-model holding on to dear life 
The
repair man was never called out for the landlord   
Now
this one from 2010 and the machine is so fucking loud my ears rumble 
I
love to cook, but I know the dollars would just go down the drain 
As
my brain has been out, skipped the door ages ago   
Time
has such subtle kidnappings 
I
think about picking out my own dishwasher again 
To
be able to read on my Kindle in the same room without the travesties 
Of
raucous air-play or crystalized roux pasted to gumbo bowls   
Such
a victory may not fit every man, but for me I would deem it 
Quite
a moment for ovation 
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