.dinner.

it was boiling water them days
plates and cutlery dipped

hands minded in industrial gloves
pink rubber

scalding dishcloths and sinks
down on knees blindly scrubbing floors
through insults and watery fears

we are a team , shouted regularly
while we took the comments seriously cowed with blisters from cold water

on the other hand
a world of extremes

or maybe the contradictions
were dreamed