Soap dries in the kitchen sink and I think of another life The sponge life, pure absorption The dishrag life, full of dirty water Left out to dry, and why shouldn't it be? You left half the meal I cooked on your plate The bloody steak, too bloody, bleeding I felt the scratches where you cut the meat So I left it unwashed Some messes can't be cleaned Understand, I'm afraid to overcook In the fridge there is a chocolate cake Uneaten, inedible, rotten, achingly Sweet cake would break our teeth You whisper something dark and harsh and mean My breath drops and shatters Bang, bang, my stomach against my insides I've vomited on my favorite shoes You vomit on too just to show me Happy anniversary darling dearest Too many more years of this