The Kitchen Sink

The kitchen sink is misbehaving
He has broken his seal
And now
Water shoots from the place
Where the thing hooks
Into the thing.

Between books and students
and loans and grapple and
Reality TV,
he glares at me,
Dares at me.

Dishes stack themselves patiently--
Children awaiting
their bath.
Fossilized flakes of bran.

My Lady worries, but
Cheers--
To be
Fixed by Stanley Friday.