Don'T Sweat the Small Things
Did you rinse your plate after dinner?
pull the covers back when you got up.
Leave the empty toilet roll on the rack,
Or rinse the tea residue from your cup?
Why do you load the dishwasher wrong?
How is it I always tidy up the table?
I’m the only one who empties the bin.
Is it just that you are not able?
Can you not leave the toothpaste out!
and there’s spatter all over the sink.
Where is the note I left on the bench?
You throw things out before you think.
It’s not that I have misophonia,
because I don’t like to hear you eat.
Don’t cut your toe nails inside the house,
do you really have to pick skin from your feet?
Our pettiness can know no bounds.
Why do these small things provoke?
Do we just look for judgement to pass?
Not contemplate a word before it is spoke?
Copyright © Old Man Emu | Year Posted 2017
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