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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsNotes on other household appliances from William Carlos Williams
http://the-toast.net/2015/01/08/notes-household-appliances-william-carlos-williams/the dishwasher is broken
which we kept under the sink
i tried starting it but it makes that
thwumpa-thwumpa sound
i have left the dishes in the sink
which you were probably hoping
to use for dinner
i would wash them myself but
they never seem to get as clean
as when you do them
probably because i do a purposefully half-hearted job of scrubbing
in order to get you
to do it
without asking me
for help
we are out of toilet paper
but instead of buying more
i plan on tearing
strips
of paper towels
and laying them carefully over the old toilet paper roll
(which i will not throw away)
i will do this indefinitely
until you buy more toilet paper
i have hit START on the clothes in the dryer
which were already finished drying
but which
i did not wish to fold
this way
when you get home
it will sound like they have just finished drying
and you will be the one to fold them
i have intentionally lowered my standard of living
so that when you say things like
this place is a mess
rather than acknowledge your implicit request
for acknowledgement
and respect
and help
i can simply grunt
half-heartedly
neither agreeing
nor disagreeing
and not having
to do anything
knowing that you will do the work necessary to make yourself happy
which we kept under the sink
i tried starting it but it makes that
thwumpa-thwumpa sound
i have left the dishes in the sink
which you were probably hoping
to use for dinner
i would wash them myself but
they never seem to get as clean
as when you do them
probably because i do a purposefully half-hearted job of scrubbing
in order to get you
to do it
without asking me
for help
we are out of toilet paper
but instead of buying more
i plan on tearing
strips
of paper towels
and laying them carefully over the old toilet paper roll
(which i will not throw away)
i will do this indefinitely
until you buy more toilet paper
i have hit START on the clothes in the dryer
which were already finished drying
but which
i did not wish to fold
this way
when you get home
it will sound like they have just finished drying
and you will be the one to fold them
i have intentionally lowered my standard of living
so that when you say things like
this place is a mess
rather than acknowledge your implicit request
for acknowledgement
and respect
and help
i can simply grunt
half-heartedly
neither agreeing
nor disagreeing
and not having
to do anything
knowing that you will do the work necessary to make yourself happy
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Notes on other household appliances from William Carlos Williams (Original Post)
Recursion
Jan 2015
OP
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,714 posts)1. Passive-aggressive poetry!
Love it.
mackerel
(4,412 posts)2. I thought he was a minimalist?
This Is Just To Say
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)3. Brilliant!
elleng
(130,923 posts)4. so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens.