one dirty dish

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one dirty dish

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my husband
forced to the chore
leaves one dish dirty
I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach 10,000 stars how not to dance.
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Re: one dirty dish

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dirty dish offering
for the fat mice and waterbugs
dirty wishes
the death of empathy is the birth of barbarism
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dishes washed
except for one fork
that escaped
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no matter how many
wash 'em every day
still more tomorrow
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im lucky I guess
I have a dirty dishwasher
not a machine it's me
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dish washing
still done by hand
in this house

dead machine
been used for storage
since 1990

coulda fixed it -
but 4-track reel tape deck
won the coin toss
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"If one could deduce the nature of the Creator from a study of creation, it would appear that He has an inordinate fondness for beetles." -- evolutionary biologist J B S Haldane, (1892-1964)
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