Battle

You find stuff

at the bottom of

your dish plate.

Scrubbing along

working hard

just to rub it

all off.

The stuff of

hardened sauce

and crusty cheese

laughs at you and

hold on.

Tightly.

Before jumping!

It attacks all open

mouth and

smirking at you.

Fight back with

a kitchen fork

still dirty from dinner.

Block with a small

butter dish

and force it down

the drain.

And kill it.

March 2005