Fixing a Drawer

Fixing a Drawer

Pull the wreckage over the runner.

Unload the corn holders and spatulas,

jar opener and three-to-two adapter.

Take time to remember

the fight you had with your ex.

Attempt to squirt glue into the slot

without pulling the drawer apart.

Pull the drawer apart the rest of the way.

Sit on the floor. Try to cry.

Quickly pour glue into every crevice

while simultaneously realizing that you must

sell the house and move into an apartment

as soon as you get your unemployed brother to move out

and put a couple of the dogs to sleep.

As the glue drips onto the tile,

hold the sides of the drawer together

which will allow you to feel the particle board

disintegrating.

Keep the pressure on while you wipe

at the drips, coating your hands and pants

with a new, swiftly stiffening skin.

This is your life.