The faucet in the upstairs bathroom won’t stop leaking
Even after the plumber got here to fix it 2 months after I moved my boxes in
And had to rip out the wall to get to the rusted busted pipes
Patching it all back with the not quite right white paint
It behaved for a while
On and off well mannered like it should be
Its new knobs basking in new knob vanity
How shiny how new how lovely are we!
A chorus in the shower
On January mornings when that window on the broken track let in just enough of a chill
To frost the surface of my steaming just awoken skin
But last week
It started up again
Just a drizzle at the moment
But I see the rushing gushing coming in time to come
In days and weeks and months and call the plumber I called him we really must call the plumber I really did call he will come tomorrow next Monday over the weekend I forgot to leave the key
And forgot to take the trash out
The landlord doesn’t care
This city is supposed to be hot
It is supposed to burn
And I am facing freezing air
And vain flooding faucets
Who never knew about a drought
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