Dishes

Dishes

Dishes

Dishes
Are piling
Up so high
From the bottom to the top
Overflowing

The dishes are climbing, climbing, climbing
Above my overwhelmed sink
Reaching, grasping
Arriving at a destination
Unwelcome
Unknown


The dishes are piling
Stockpiling
Sky scraping
Wrapping Around
The counter to the Fridge
On top of the
Microwave


Utter clutter
No place to go
Maybe
Out the door
of the kitchen
On the floor
scattered

Oh my dishes!
What to do?
Stop the momentum
Calgon can't take it away
From this mess
Disaster laden in  the ceramic Corelle


Taking over my life
the dishes are
Rising
Falling
Crashing
Clashing
To the floor
Into pieces

Dishes

By Maureen Ucles