AFTER BAKING SWEET ITALIAN SAUSAGE…
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The apartment was already hot,
We decided to clean the oven….
Fumes were what we got
Which got smoke detectors alarming!
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We opened all the windows–
It was eighty degrees outside–
I fanned the detectors with a dirty T-shirt
And hoped the noise would subside.
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We woke to the TV going,
At least I did from sleep…
That self-cleaning oven was slowing
And I had appointments to keep!
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–Jonathan Caswell
(The sausage, by the way, was a little overcooked…but edible.)
