It’s Somebody’s Fault

I finally sit

after serving everyone breakfast

The cat drank my coffee

The dog steals all the chocolate

and drinks my coffee while I clean up the wrappers

The parrot’s watching my fresh cup of coffee 

and will tell me who empties it if I give her 

some gluten-free crackers

I taught her to say, “She did it!”

It only bites me in the ass sometimes 

Crackers, chocolate, pizza

pancakes, fudge, cherry pie

If I eat it, it sits on my ass or my thighs

When my husband asks who ate his bag of Snickers

I say, “She did it!”

a broken rengay written with Barbara Leonhard and Melissa Lemay

published in Medusa's Kitchen