Break Clause

The front panel pane
on my oven
broke

I phoned the landlord
he didn’t get back

I wrote the landlord
he didn’t get back

I ate cold food
and
swept shattered glass
but still
he didn’t get back

Ten days later
a six foot front door arrived
delivered and
abandoned
in the hallway

I saw it
shook my head

A week later
the door was still there
wooden
wrapped in plastic
six fucking feet
of
inappropriate answers

I pushed my key into the lock
thinking
“if you don’t underestimate me
I won’t underestimate you”