BROKEN ZINE / HOUSE FILEDO NOT ALPHABETIZEPoetry
EVIDENCE AFOUND NEAR THE SCENE.CHAIN OF CUSTODY: questionable
After the Dishwasher Finishes
A short poem about domestic order, machinery, and the part of the night that does not go back in the cupboard.
WHY IS THIS IN THE FILE?
Nobody took responsibility quickly enough.
after the dishwasher finishes
it clicks once
like a person deciding
not to say something
the plates go cold
behind the little metal door
in the morning
I will put them back
in the same cabinets
they came from
this is what order means
in this house:
everything returns
to where it was
except the night
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CONTRIBUTOR FILE / ACTIVE
Pearl Voss
Poet of domestic failures, wrong turns, cheap coffee, and the small humiliations that deserve their own weather system.
STATUS: UNRULY
“Normal” was considered and rejected.
KNOWN ASSOCIATES: readers, loiterers, people who should know better.
PUSH THE WEIRD BUTTON
A clerk has been notified. They are furious.